Cade York proves why you don’t draft a kicker in this week’s 3 Good and 3 Bad vs. the Chargers
By Chad Porto
The Cleveland Browns lost another game due to poor management.
The Cleveland Browns have once again lost a game due to Kevin Stefanski’s miss management this week. In Week 4, Stefanski passed up a field goal early in the game which would have had the game tied in the waning moments. Instead, they lost by three. This week, Stefanski once again called for a fourth-down conversion that didn’t translate instead of calling for a punt, where the Chargers came back around and kicked a field goal. This cost the Browns a win, losing 30-28 against the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Cleveland Browns’ very own kicker, Cade York, didn’t help any matters either. After weeks of hearing how the strong-legged, the extremely accurate kicker was the reason you “draft a kicker”, York, completely shanked two very makable kicks. First, he missed a 45-yarder in the first half, then he missed a 54-yarder at the end of the game that would have given them a lead.
A lead the Browns would have never had a chance to get, had Brandon Staley not proven how incompetent he is as an NFL head coach. The Chargers were fourth and short in Browns territory when the Chargers’ head coach elected to throw for a first town. You could justify going for it, but it made no sense why the Chargers didn’t try running the ball, as the Browns couldn’t stop their running attack all day. Had Staley not been such a bonehead, the Browns never would of had that final shot.
The Browns once again prove that they have to play perfectly to get a win, as their defense is just utterly unreliable. It’s flat-out bad, and even the biggest money-makers on that side of the ball are non-existent.
What can be said is that Nick Chubb is an MVP candidate, that is, if the Browns can turn around their season. The schedule is only going to get worse from here.