5 reasons the Cleveland Browns will beat the Bengals in Week 4

5. Dalton can be pressured

The Browns effectively have no pass rush without No. 1 overall pick Myles Garrett, but the unit may look better at putting pressure on the quarterback on Sunday.

Cincinnati is fourth worst in the NFL at allowing pressure. This stat comes from PFF, via, CincyJungle.com.

"“On 106 passing plays, the Bengals’ offensive line has allowed four sacks (tied for 14th most*), one QB hit (tied for second least), and 34 QB hurries (fourth most). That accounts for 39 pressures allowed, the sixth most in the NFL.”"

Cincinnati lost its Joe Thomas, Andrew Whitworth, to free agency last winter. The line also took a hit with Kevin Zeitler signing with the Bengals.

As for Garrett, the Texas A&M product got out of his walking boot last week and began working out off to the side of Browns’ practice. Some misconstrued this to believe Garrett could play against the Colts.

I didn’t.

Working off to the side is a long way from practicing.

He wasn’t practicing Wednesday, which is a good indicator he’ll be out again this Sunday.

When Garrett went down, a timetable of four to six weeks was set for his return. This will be the fourth week since the injury.

The Browns have actually been decent against stopping the run, and while the defense has been allergic to giving up up big time plays to big-time playmakers, there has been positives in the secondary from Briean Boddy-Calhoun and Jason McCourty.

It all starts in the trenches, though. Emmanuel Ogbah has one sack in three games. Carl Nassib drew rave reviews in the preseason. That translated into one sack in the season opener and he’s been heard from very little sense.

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Even without Garrett, if the Browns fail to put pressure on Dalton, it may be time to question that draft picks that netted the Cavs Nassib and Ogbah.