Cleveland Browns: Tough overtime loss landed four in the dawg house
Danny Shelton
Ahhh, one of my hall-of-fame dawg house candidates, Danny Shelton.
He’s played okay this season within the interior of the defense. Shelton still hasn’t made the impact that I thought he would, but I’m willing to give him a chance with this being his second year.
This is the first time this season Shelton is a candidate for the dawg house.
There were two mishaps on a play in the first quarter by the Browns. The first one was Jackson declining the penalty on a personal foul call on the Titans. That call is an automatic 15 yards for the opposing team.
It was 3rd-and-1, and if Jackson accepted it, it would have became 3rd-and-16 for the Titans. He declined it, and it became 4th-and-1. Tennessee decided to go for it, and instead of the Browns potentially stopping them, Shelton jumped offsides and gave them a first down.
Unbelievable. Succop kicked a 43-yard field goal to take the 3-0 lead.
Mistakes like that are why the team is currently 0-7. A team just can’t have those brainless, idiotic errors game-after-game. Where is the discipline?
Myles Garrett, Caleb Brantley and Danny Shelton have all jumped offsides for Tennessee first downs. Total penalties: Browns 7, Titans 0.
— Tony Grossi (@TonyGrossi) October 22, 2017
The Browns had 12 penalties for a total of 81 yards. Rookie Myles Garrett was offsides three times, which is frustrating, but understandable since he’s still getting accommodated to the speed of the NFL, all the other ones are inexcusable–and it’s getting worse each week.
Shelton cannot make that mistake. He’s supposed to be the anchor of the defensive line, and instead he’s been an error-ridden, underachieving, player that needs to get it going.
He made a big play during the goal line stand in the fourth quarter, but that should be expected.
Dancing after making a play, and being down three touchdowns is not the answer. That is the type of behavior that makes Browns fans question the character of players, and wonder if they’re on the team for fun or to actually win games.
Shelton must be wiser and just play the game. When he actually wins something, all the dancing will be warranted, but until then, he needs to work on an evasive move besides the bull-rush, and build upon being the dominant 0 technique he was drafted to be.