Especially alone with Haden. This is the 2nd game where he's given up a TD one on one. That's not being elite. The defense still needs a blitzing OLB. The defense will get tired. On the field to long. The lack of a WR who can spread the field is showing. Go Browns!!!
Good win by the Browns. And an absolute killer in a lot of survival pools. *THUMBSUP* Congrats gents, most people including myself believed they would be 0-3 before the bye. Cleveland showing guts 2 weeks in a row under Pettine.
Congrats Browns fans. This is now two wins in a row against Drew Brees and the Saints. Man, I wanted to take Cleveland in this babyfan's pickem contest (even stated it on there). Now I wish I did
I took them in all of my pick em leagues this week . I took Denver in my survivor league ..crosses fingers
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Sammy Watkins had eight catches for 117 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's Week 2 win over Miami. The Bills got Watkins more involved this week after he was held to three catches in the opener. He was targeted 11 times, and accounted for over half of E.J. Manuel's passing yards. Watkins played at less than 100 percent and is still not completely over his rib issue. He finished the game without any setbacks, but could miss practice time. As the clear No. 1 option in Buffalo's offense, Watkins is a WR3 with upside for Week 3.
Updated at 6:13 p.m. So many players had to step up at the end for the Browns to pull out a 26-24 win over the New Orleans Saints and break their 9-year losing streak in home openers. Chronologically, the list starts with linebacker Karlos Dansby. His 7-yard sack of Drew Brees on third down at the Browns? 31 knocked the Saints out of field goal range and allowed the Browns to think ?field goal? on the winning drive that began at their 4-yard line with 2:46 to play. On offense, start with receiver Miles Austin. A key drop on third down weighed on him throughout the day. On the winning drive, the angular target had three catches for first downs. His last was a sliding grab inches from the left sideline boundary at the Saints? 39. The play survived a replay review, after which officials tacked on seven additional seconds, leaving the Browns :15 on the clock to get closer for the field goal. Then there was tight end Gary Barnidge. Earlier in the fourth quarter, Barnidge?s clutch 13-yard catch and lean for an extra inch converted a third down on a touchdown drive that the Browns absolutely, positively had to have. And then on the winning drive, there was Barnidge again, this time on fourth-and-6, crossing over the middle and holding on to a BB throw for a 10-yard gain to the Browns? 48 with 38 seconds to go. Just about everybody called that the offensive play of the game. There was receiver Andrew Hawkins, who was left wide open by New Orleans? defensive coordinator Rob Ryan?s lame decision to call ?cover 0,? an all-out blitz, on two consecutive plays. The first resulted in a bat-down at the line of scrimmage. On the second, Hawkins was so all alone 28 yards downfield, he resembled a returner fair-catching a punt. At the end was Billy Cundiff, who nailed the 29-yard field goal with three seconds left to win it. When Cundiff was asked about his first game-winning kick in a Browns uniform, he quickly corrected the questioner and pointed out his field goal as a Phil Dawson injury-replacement under Eric Mangini in a 6-3 win in 2009 -- a game, Cundiff pointed out, that set back football 40 years. Ultimately, though, this team win reflected the toughness, poise and leadership of quarterback Brian Hoyer. Typically uneven throughout the game and removed on two occasions for a total of three ineffective plays by Johnny Manziel, Hoyer rose above it all and directed his team 85 yards throwing to, well, Austin and Barnidge and Hawkins. He was 8 of 11 for 77 yards on the winning drive, sending home future Hall of Famer Brees an 0-2 quarterback and securing his grip on his hometown team once again. ?He was very fiery. He wanted to prove ...,? Barnidge said, before catching himself. ?We?re just proving we?re never out of a game.? Hoyer had a 3-yard TD to Austin in the first quarter when the Browns built a 10-0 lead, but if not for a Tashaun Gipson interception of Brees and 62-yard return for an interception, the Saints may have won this game going away. Hoyer passes were hitting nothing but grass for a large portion of the game. While Brees rediscovered tight end Jimmy Graham after the first quarter ? connecting for 10 catches, 118 yards and two touchdowns ? Hoyer was giving coach Mike Pettine the rope to yank him for the long-awaiting Johnny Package. Manziel made his debut on the fourth play of the first half. He handed off to Isaiah Crowell and then ran back to the sideline. And then on the next possession, Manziel came in for two plays ? another handoff to Crowell, and then a play-fake pass to fullback Ray Agnew that was late and blasted incomplete on a hit by Jairus Byrd. ?I thought we stalled a little bit on offense and just wanted to see if we catch them off-guard a little bit and get a spark,? Pettine said. ?Knowing the competitor he is, he probably wasn?t real thrilled to have to come off the field. That?s the nature of who he is, as he should be.? Here is how Hoyer felt about it: After Manziel?s second appearance, Hoyer proceeded to complete 15 of 19 passes for 136 yards on two scoring drives. ?Obviously, as a competitor, you want to be on the field,? Hoyer said. ?It was something discussed all week. We weren?t sure if we were going to need it or run it. I knew at some point it might happen, so I told myself just be ready to go back in. ?Kyle (Shanahan, offensive coordinator) and I talked and he said there might be a few looks with Rob Ryan?s defense and the situation we were in, that we could use Johnny. ?As much as it might irk me to go off the field, if it?s going to help us win, I?m all for it. I think as a competitor and quarterback, it?s hard to get taken off. For me, I was able to mentally stay in it. I think a lot of guys might not be able to handle that. I think because they were up front with me, that helped me. As mad as I was when he told me, it helped me prepare for it.? Hoyer?s overall numbers were typically pedestrian ? 24 of 40 for 204 yards, one TD, no interceptions and a rating of 81.7. But the end result was his third win in four complete-game starts in a Browns uniform. And it was the second time Hoyer orchestrated a winning drive in the fourth quarter. Hoyer likened this game to his first start last season in Game 3 when he produced a win in Minnesota after tossing three interceptions. He said it was great then to feel the respect of the team in the meeting rooms after that. ?I?m always trying to earn the respect of those guys,? Hoyer said. ?As a quarterback, you want to win the game. When you win games, everyone respects you at that position. It might not be the prettiest thing. But when you win games, that?s the ultimate goal in this league.? The Browns had not won a home opener since 2004, when Hoyer was a freshman at Michigan State. Pettine was in Baltimore with the Ravens, learning the NFL game under the wing as an assistant to defensive coordinator Rex Ryan. ?I can?t lie. It feels great,? Pettine said. ?I have a big old cigar with my name on it waiting for me. ?We wanted it for us. We wanted it for the city. These fans came out, and you could just feel the energy in the stadium today. It was awesome.? For once, all that energy wasn?t wasted.
Uneven? Yep! But the O and the D both had times when they looked totally professional. Times when thay looked lost too, but showed all of us, the Saints and the NFL they are ready to compete, and stay together in the fourth Q, to WIN. How many times have we seen them compete and then lose it in the end. The Interception! The Sack! The Drive! The Game Winner! The first Pettine win. Could we be seeing the ghost of the Cardiac Kids? I just feels so good to win one, especially one in the closing seconds after a last chance, must have drive, including a desperation 4th down conversion. Guys stepping up when the game is on the line. When's the last time we could say that. Congrats Browns on a great team win. Congrats Pettine & Co. for bringing the team along so much in a week. Congrats to Brain Hoyer for pulling off a game winning drive against all odds. Great win !!!!! GO BROWNS Woof Woof Woof Woof ..............
