4 Cleveland Browns Could Be In The Dawg House After Loss

These Cleveland Browns must get themselves out of the Dawg House if the orange helmets are to get their 1st win of the season.

This is my third year doing these pieces which talks about the worst players of the week for the club. I apologize for not having my week 1 choices up. I was busy covering and witnessing history at Progressive Field ( It will always be the Jake to me).

The Cleveland Indians went on a 22-game winning streak, and it was a sight to see. I was lucky enough to cover every home game of it. There’s something special about that team, and I believe it will be their year finally.

Hopefully, the Browns pick up some of that magic, and use it on the field.

Too late.

It was another disappointing performance by the Browns on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. DeShone Kizer showed that he’s a rookie in this game. He still has a long way to go before he’s a finished product, and it starts with the basics.

The defense wasn’t bad–but it wasn’t good either. Jabrill Peppers showed that he’s on his way to being a consistent weapon as a safety. He had some hard hits, and nice fundamental tackles–which is refreshing to see, but he still has a ways to go as it pertains to coverage.

Peppers must learn to control his hips when covering the faster receivers at the NFL level. He also must not play so many yards from the play.

I don’t know if it was defensive coordinator Gregg Williams calling the coverage, or what was going on, but to have Peppers literally playing center field on some plays was a bit much, and it was costly.

It’s okay to play as a single-high safety on some plays, but not for the majority of the game.

I’m not going to even get started on the “receiving corps” Rashard HIggins made a great impression after being cut, and then signed to the practice squad and called up. But the same can’t be said about the rest of the wideouts.

Sammie Coates looked unmotivated and lost, and Kenny Britt…. I’ll get on him later, or maybe he’ll turn his back on me too since collective criticism is frowned upon among players these days.

I also have never seen a team run so many tight end screens as the Ravens did–and it actually worked!  Nick Boyle and Maxx Williams got whatever they wanted inside the gaps of the Browns. The whole line was getting blown off the ball, and they looked unstoppable.

It’s the same old song and dance with defensive line. The start of the Myles Garrett era could make a difference, but it’s going to take more than one player to set the tempo.

The Browns will have another chance on Sunday to get their first victory of the season against the Indianapolis Colts, but for now the focus is on the players who failed to show up against the Ravens.

Here are the players in this week’s Dawg House: