Week 8: Cleveland Browns (3-3) @ San Francisco 49ers (5-1)

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Oct 26, 2011 1:53 PM
A game that the 49ers should win, but I am not sold on them yet.

I think the clowns slip by the niners and bring them back to earth like we have seen from the Lions the last couple weeks.
Oct 26, 2011 1:53pm
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Oct 26, 2011 7:52 PM
Hillis & Chicken Fujita practiced today and are expected to play. Carlton Mitchell will also be on the active roster and should see action. If Shurmur is smart, he throws C-Mitch in there and has him run a few deep patterns (fastest receiver on the team) if nothing else to keep the D honest.

SF gives up something like 74 yards rushing per game and 260 passing. Another wasted opportunity since they have no passing attack. :mad:

I know it won't happen but Shurmur should also put McCoy in the shotgun more because a) he's used to it and b) he might make it through the season.
Oct 26, 2011 7:52pm
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Oct 26, 2011 8:14 PM
Writerbuckeye;945132 wrote: Thank God I've got NFL Ticket, because the dolts at WBNS have chosen the Cincinnati-Seattle game to televise. Apparently, they think even though Cincy fans won't even sell out their own stadium, they'll all flock to Columbus to watch, and the ratings will be higher than the Browns game.
Couldn't have anything to do with Cincy being 0.5 game out of first place and the Browns being in last, could it?
Oct 26, 2011 8:14pm
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Oct 26, 2011 8:20 PM
BR1986FB;946285 wrote:Hillis & Chicken Fujita practiced today and are expected to play. Carlton Mitchell will also be on the active roster and should see action. If Shurmur is smart, he throws C-Mitch in there and has him run a few deep patterns (fastest receiver on the team) if nothing else to keep the D honest.

SF gives up something like 74 yards rushing per game and 260 passing. Another wasted opportunity since they have no passing attack. :mad:

I know it won't happen but Shurmur should also put McCoy in the shotgun more because a) he's used to it and b) he might make it through the season.

Mitchell will break a nail in practice and be out the rest of the season.....I still don't get how players get hurt in an NFL practice, blows my mind really! I would love to see him in game action though, they were saying he is the next Marques Colston.
Oct 26, 2011 8:20pm
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Oct 26, 2011 9:54 PM
One thing that worries me is that we're 30th in the league against TEs (accoring to footballoutsiders.com) and the 49ers have a very good one in Vernon Davis. It's beyond frustrating to watch a below average QB pick you apart because you can't cover the TE. That and special teams are the two areas that worry me the most about this game.
Oct 26, 2011 9:54pm
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Oct 27, 2011 5:32 AM
grodt;946384 wrote:One thing that worries me is that we're 30th in the league against TEs (accoring to footballoutsiders.com) and the 49ers have a very good one in Vernon Davis. It's beyond frustrating to watch a below average QB pick you apart because you can't cover the TE. That and special teams are the two areas that worry me the most about this game.
That's the biggest concern the Browns will have in the passing game. The Niners have two very athletic TE's. Edwards & Crabtree at WR don't really concern me. Wish there was a way they could put Joe Haden on Vernon Davis, lol.

On a side note, I'm REALLY starting to love the Bull on Bull & Fox (92.3). Although he is a lifelong Bengals fan, he rips the shit out of the frontrunners/bandwagoners. Some local Cleveland guy called into the show yesterday talking about "his Niners" and how the only players on the Browns team would could play for SF were Joe Thomas & Haden, as if SF's talent level was light years above the Browns. It's not. Bull ran him off the show talking about how the Cowboys & 49ers fans come out of the woodwork once they win a few. He's also referred to the Terrible Bowel as a "black & yellow hanky." :D
Oct 27, 2011 5:32am
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Oct 27, 2011 10:47 AM
Just saw the bears let safety Chris Harris go...do the browns go get him?
Oct 27, 2011 10:47am
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Oct 27, 2011 11:07 AM
coach_bob1;946306 wrote:Couldn't have anything to do with Cincy being 0.5 game out of first place and the Browns being in last, could it?
It would if the spokesman (Frank Willson) hadn't repeatedly said they make their decisions based on ratings. Since Cincy rarely gets better ratings than the Browns (or the Steelers, for that matter), it makes you wonder exactly what they're thinking.
Oct 27, 2011 11:07am
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Oct 27, 2011 11:09 AM
OQB;946314 wrote:Mitchell will break a nail in practice and be out the rest of the season.....I still don't get how players get hurt in an NFL practice, blows my mind really! I would love to see him in game action though, they were saying he is the next Marques Colston.
it feels like it's taken two years to get this guy on the field. I'd think if he was as good as Colston, that wouldn't be the case. Color me extremely skeptical on this experiment -- because that's what it is: an experiment.
Oct 27, 2011 11:09am
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Oct 27, 2011 11:55 AM
It may also be out of fairness. They chose to not show the Bengals/Colts game and instead showed the Browns/Raiders. They may just be trying to rotate.
Oct 27, 2011 11:55am
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Oct 27, 2011 12:07 PM
coach_bob1;946771 wrote:It may also be out of fairness. They chose to not show the Bengals/Colts game and instead showed the Browns/Raiders. They may just be trying to rotate.
Fairness for what? The game was blacked out. The only people to blame for that are the so called Bengals "fans."
Oct 27, 2011 12:07pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:16 PM
Yeah TV companies operate on "fairness"

lulz
Oct 27, 2011 12:16pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:37 PM
coach_bob1;946771 wrote:It may also be out of fairness. They chose to not show the Bengals/Colts game and instead showed the Browns/Raiders. They may just be trying to rotate.
and you call yourself smart?
Oct 27, 2011 12:37pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:37 PM
like_that;946785 wrote:Fairness for what? The game was blacked out. The only people to blame for that are the so called Bengals "fans."
Well, genius, we're talking about Columbus. Columbus is not in the blackout zone and is a mix of Browns, Bengals, and Steelers fans. CBS did not have the double-header that week so they had the choice of the Bengals/Colts game (which on paper looked like a snoozer) or the Browns/Raiders game (which actually was a snoozer until late in the 4th quarter). They chose the Browns. This time they chose the Bengals.

Also, the last time i checked, fans do not win or lose games. Games are won by smart coaching and/or proper execution by players. So why don't you find something else to get on your soapbox about. Maybe you and CoA can use your pillowtalk time to figure something out.
Oct 27, 2011 12:37pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:39 PM
DeyDurkie5;946823 wrote:and you call yourself smart?
Yes, I do because I understand the last two Browns games were horrible to watch. (And i usually enjoy watching Browns games just because they play a different style of football then the Bengals)
Oct 27, 2011 12:39pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:40 PM
coach_bob1;946828 wrote:Yes, I do because I understand the last two Browns games were horrible to watch. (And i usually enjoy watching Browns games just because they play a different style of football then the Bengals)
Using fairness as a reasoning to show a game is not smart.
Oct 27, 2011 12:40pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:43 PM
SportsAndLady;946794 wrote:Yeah TV companies operate on "fairness"

lulz
They do when they are in a mixed market. At the beginning of the season, Channel 10 lets restaurants know they will not be showing only Browns games, only Bengals games, and only Steelers games. They even send out schedules to show you when all 3 play at the same time on CBS and let you know that which team they broadcast in this situation will be rotated due to the diverse market they serve.
Oct 27, 2011 12:43pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:45 PM
DeyDurkie5;946829 wrote:Using fairness as a reasoning to show a game is not smart.
No, but understanding you have multiple fan bases is.
Oct 27, 2011 12:45pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:46 PM
coach_bob1;946824 wrote:Also, the last time i checked, fans do not win or lose games. Games are won by smart coaching and/or proper execution by players. So why don't you find something else to get on your soapbox about. Maybe you and CoA can use your pillowtalk time to figure something out.
lol nice to know being a part of a shitty fan base is starting to get under your skin. Where did I say anything about the correlation between fans and performance? We are taking about TV viewership, when your fans are shitty, they don't deserve to watch the games. lol at "fairness." I remember when I was in pre-school too.
Oct 27, 2011 12:46pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:49 PM
like_that;946837 wrote:lol nice to know being a part of a ****ty fan base is starting to get under your skin. Where did I say anything about the correlation between fans and performance? We are taking about TV viewership, when your fans are ****ty, they don't deserve to watch the games. lol at "fairness." I remember when I was in pre-school too.
Actually, I was just hoping you could be smart enough to come up with some new material.
Oct 27, 2011 12:49pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:52 PM
coach_bob1;946840 wrote:Actually, I was just hoping you could be smart enough to come up with some new material.
Don't need to waste my other material on fake fans, sorry.
Oct 27, 2011 12:52pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:55 PM
like_that;946842 wrote:Don't need to waste my other material on fake fans, sorry.
No, just waste your words cheering for a the fake Browns. The team you grew up with is in Baltimore, regardless of whether the city got to keep their records.
Oct 27, 2011 12:55pm
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Oct 27, 2011 12:58 PM
coach_bob1;946846 wrote:No, just waste your words cheering for a the fake Browns. The team you grew up with is in Baltimore, regardless of whether the city got to keep their records.
With that idiotic logic, you are rooting for the fake professional cincy football team. Nice logic fail.
Oct 27, 2011 12:58pm
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Oct 27, 2011 1:22 PM
coach_bob1;946846 wrote:No, just waste your words cheering for a the fake Browns. The team you grew up with is in Baltimore, regardless of whether the city got to keep their records.
keem em coming, rock
Oct 27, 2011 1:22pm
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Oct 27, 2011 1:29 PM
seen a link on espn hillis ISNT practicing today. sore hammy.
Oct 27, 2011 1:29pm