Well that… sucked. I was terrified of this game going in and for good reason. The Browns were coming off of a big, emotional win vs. the Steelers last week and traveling to Jacksonville to face a winless “not as bad as their record shows” Jaguars team. Shit. 4-2 sounds so much better than 3-3 right now. I don’t even know where to start. That was bad all around (aside from Tashaun Gipson) Let’s look at the Game Tape.

Honest statement: I had NO IDEA what “highlights” to put in here from the Browns side. When a game produces SIX offensive points, your options are limited.

This guy knows what I’m talking about

Ben Tate’s longest run of the game

If Brian completes this pass we go up 10-0 and it’s a whole different ballgame. Can’t miss opportunities like this if you’re an NFL quarterback.

Tashaun Gipson continued his ballhawking ways and got his 2nd interception of the day

Awful decision to not take the points and go up 2 possessions on the road

If Mike Pettine followd the Bottlegate Twitter, he’d have gotten the right advice

And instead of being up 9-0 at half we’re down 7-6. Pettine’s first coaching blunder of the year.

Our favorite Browns fan ever made a nice halftime video commending Mike Pettine and Brian Hoyer for the good job they did in the first half

I want to disagree with him… but I just can’t. His Terrance West impression was pretty spot on too.

Nothing really happened in the 3rd quarter but the 4th quarter started out with the worst football play I’ve ever seen in my life. And to think I thought Brandon Weeden’s flip pass last year was bad.

Andrew Hawkins with a nice 65 yard catch and run

But then McQuistan decided to give an “Olé” block and got Tha Crow killed

Mingo punched Denard Robinson in the dick. Whatever, he went to Michigan and he should be used to it after losing to OSU all those years.

How much pee do you think is in this pool? 20-25 gallons?

Jordan Poyer tried catching a punt on the 2 yard line and it hit him right in the nose and Jaguars players danced

And then Walter Payton the Michigan QB takes it in for the TD

A couple plays later Hoyer threw the dagger interception. Sigh. And the Browns fall to 3-3.

The defense played well. 3 forced turnovers and only scoring 6 points is unacceptable. But I’m not gonna be all doom and gloom. This game sucked. Whatever. Gotta move on from it. Hopefully they got it out of their system. We’re 3-3 and have 2 very winnable games coming up at home. The offense needs to play better. They know that. We know that. Everyone knows that.

I don’t know what the full impact of losing Alex Mack will be but it sure looked like he was badly missed yesterday. The running game wasn’t working, Paul McQuistan looked like he’s never played football before, and Greco and Hoyer seemed to not be on the same page. I hope this can get corrected by the time Oakland comes to town.

I’m not going to be that guy but in Brian Hoyer’s last 2 games he’s a combined 24-58. Thats a 41% completion rate. Unacceptable. He threw behind receivers and missed open receivers for touchdowns. In this offense where we have to take advantage of every opportunity you can’t afford to make mistakes like that. IF Hoyer continues playing like this it’s time for #2. I think he’ll get pissed off, turn it around, and have a big game vs. Oakland next week.

PS: This picture of Joel Bitonio just makes me laugh. Love this guy.