1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: We had so much fun, you know what, Let's let's 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: do it for episode two. Welcome to episode two of 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: what we hope will be a new weekly tradition for you. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: This is the Bark Tank. Everybody. My name is andrews 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: cciliano and the radio play by play voice at the 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, alongside Nathan Zegur and Drod Cherry. We bring 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: you over the wherever it is, the Browns are playing 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: your radio play by play for hopefully what is a 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: good three and a half hour island of fun and 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: happiness every single week. Obviously, it has not gone that 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: way the last couple of weeks. We sit here today 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: on the Monday after for me, and I know people 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: look at week one because the expectations were so high 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: and eight months to prep. But for me, week five 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: was the biggest gut punch of them all, the most 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: disappointing loss of the year. And let me let me 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: just back up here for a second and thank you 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: for watching and listening and reminding you that wherever it 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: is you're watching this on YouTube, the Browns, app on Spotify, 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, wherever however you like, you subscribe, you tell 21 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: your friends, and we thank you in advance for doing 22 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: all of those things. I just want to give you 23 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: a little bit of background for those who don't know. Again, 24 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: I'm not from Cleveland, but I'm born and raised Day 25 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: Browns fan. I grew up in north of Virginia. So 26 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: this was a home game for me this past Sunday yesterday. 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: And when I am in the booth, I am one 28 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: of you. I am you hear my frustration. Sometimes they 29 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: come through a little bit more than I intend. You 30 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: hear my joy. Sometimes my voice cracks. I apologize to 31 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: Rodney McLeod Saturday evening at the hotel for my voice cracking. 32 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: I'm too hard on myself on his scoop and score 33 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: in Vegas Week four. But you're always going to get 34 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: the real me, Okay. The one thing I Am never 35 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: going to do, and that goes for on the air 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: on our show, that goes for this podcast, our show, 37 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: meeting the game, and that goes for whenever I used 38 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: to work on NFL Network, any form I've ever been on. 39 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: I never make it personal. So I'm not going to 40 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: be one of the screaming heads that calls for jobs 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: and calls people names. And look, there's a lot of 42 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: screaming heads on TV. I'm looking at a TV over 43 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: here right now, no one in particular. You can't see it, 44 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: but you get my point. I'm never going to be 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: one of those people. I'm never going to make it 46 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: mean spirited or personal during the game. But when you're 47 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: listening to me and Nathan in the booth, you're hearing 48 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: our authentic selves. And this one was as hard as 49 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: as it's been. I wasn't here for the sixteen. I 50 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,119 Speaker 1: lived through it as a fan in the studio for DirecTV, 51 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: hosting the Red Zone channel every week. But this one 52 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: in the building was as bad as it gets. It 53 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: kind of felt at times like the sixteen. Now when 54 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,839 Speaker 1: you look at the tape, it wasn't nearly as bad. 55 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: But the score was, the score was. There's plenty of good. 56 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: Joka played his tail off, I mean, j Okay was fantastic. 57 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: He had a pick, a diving pick, he forced to fumble, 58 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 1: he was in the backfield. He was good. He wasn't 59 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: the only one. But my point is there was good 60 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: in that game, just not enough of it. And there 61 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: was a lot of bad as well. And I don't 62 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: remember feeling like I did yesterday in a long time 63 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: because the games against the Giants and the Raiders, they 64 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: were very frustrating, but they were close. And I don't 65 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: just mean on the scoreboard. I mean in the fourth 66 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: quarter the Browns had chances. That's what made it so frustrating. 67 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: Weeks three and weeks four against the Giants with the 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: touchdown and then the Jerry Judy two point conversion with 69 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: what night and a half minutes to go, I was 70 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: convinced they were winning. I would have bet every dollar 71 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: in my pocket at that point that they were going 72 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: to beat the Giants, and they had multiple possessions and 73 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: chances and could not beat the Giants. Obviously the fumble 74 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: by midfield that was a killer, but they had multiple chances. 75 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: And for the record, as a league employee, I am 76 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: not allowed to bet and don't make sports bets. So, 77 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: you know, just saying that, I'm just hip, you know, 78 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: being hypothetical. Here in Vegas, same thing. Look, they had 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: eighty two yard touchdown called back on a suspect call, 80 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: but they marched down the field, they get inside the twenty, 81 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: they are in the red zone. They are going to score, 82 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: and they are going to win. They shoot themselves collectively 83 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,160 Speaker 1: in the foot there and they don't. And I said 84 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: all week, and I said it on the pregame show 85 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: with Nathan and with Gerrod, that it can't be a 86 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: game Sunday in Washington in which in which you say, 87 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: all right, we're going to leave it to the fourth 88 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: quarter to try to pull this out because the commander 89 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: is the way they'd been operating offensively, they weren't going 90 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: to give you that opportunity. And you're right, it wasn't 91 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: a game of the fourth quarter. They were out of it. 92 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: And that's what was so disheartening for a game that 93 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: started well. Was flying back to hear my home studio 94 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: this morning watching the All twenty two and you look 95 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: at the first two plays from scrimmage, you get the 96 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: RPO you had David Njoku, he picks up fourteen yards. 97 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: By the way, I totally missed that one. We had 98 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: a horrible angle in Washington. I mean just it's the 99 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: worst angle in the NFL. We were low and in 100 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,559 Speaker 1: the corner. You'd rather be high and in the corner 101 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: because you could actually see over the field and over 102 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: the players. You're low and in the corner. So I 103 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: lost Najoku there. Didn't even see them. Couldn't see them. 104 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: Check our twitters, Nathan and me, you could see the 105 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: angle that we had. And then they get to midfield 106 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,239 Speaker 1: on the second play of the game. All right, they're cooking. 107 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: They're cooking. They're cooking. They get third and short and 108 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: then they can't convert, and then you force a three 109 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: and out right out of the gate. Washington doesn't punt. 110 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: All they do is score. You make them punt. Bam, 111 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: we're moving. As my grandmother, may she rest in peace, 112 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: used to say, now we're cooking with gas, except you weren't. 113 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: And that's what made yesterday's game so hard, is that 114 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: you get to the third quarter and you're out of it, 115 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: but then all of a sudden, you're back in it. 116 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: To quote Pacina on say, think about they pull me 117 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: back in Jay Okay, fantastic play. They run the jet sweep, 118 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 1: the jet sweeps. Obviously, the end Rounds have been killing 119 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: the Browns defensively. Raiders scored with two touchdowns last week. 120 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: Wide receivers running the football on similar plays and Bam, 121 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: j Okay loads up. Watch the tape there he loads up, 122 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: He gets in position, he gets that shoulder in there. 123 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: On Terry McLaurin former Buckeye. He does it cleanly, effectively, forcefully, violently, 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: gets the football out. MJ falls on it. All of 125 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: a sudden, you're on the two. Deshaun, by the way, 126 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: look at that. Right after the sudden change, commanders are 127 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: playing off. Gets the ball out, quickly gets to Omari 128 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: because he's got the cushion, gets good yardage. Next play, 129 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: waits for Amari to clear, finds the open window on 130 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: the slant, hits them. You're down to the two. They're 131 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 1: gonna score. It's gonna be a two score game. Now, 132 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: they'd still be down fourteen at that point, but you're 133 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: on the two and then it just falls apart. Now, 134 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: let me just say this, there's a lot of nonsense 135 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: out there on Twitter that was going around. My phone 136 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: was blowing up. Oh my god, did you see de 137 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: Sean quit? That didn't happen. If your friends are sending 138 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: you a tweet, And this isn't whitewashing how anyone played. 139 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: This is just me telling you that a lot of 140 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: the stuff on Twitter is nonsense. Oh he quit, He 141 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: walked to the sideline and fourth out. No, they had 142 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: twelve men in the huddle and they had already burned 143 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: a timeout, and that first timeout was frustrating enough. You're 144 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: not at that point going to waste two timeouts when 145 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: you're down twenty one. At that point you need to rally. 146 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: You're not gonna burn two timeouts. So they took the 147 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,239 Speaker 1: delay and it was frustrating for everybody. The body language 148 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: was bad for everybody because you have the same body 149 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: language at home, and we had it in the booth. 150 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: It was bad football, and that's what Kevin Stefanski said afterwards. 151 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: It was bout all the way around. He took the 152 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: blame for it, regardless, doesn't matter who's the blame. You 153 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: had twelve many twelve men on the field and those 154 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: who put out on Twitter, oh they quit. That's not 155 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: what happened on that play. You just knew that at 156 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: this point of the play clock. You can't get somebody 157 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: off the field and fix this. It's broken currently in 158 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: the huddle, and the only way to fix it would 159 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: be a call timeout. So you'd take the delay and 160 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: you kick the field goal. So don't believe everything you 161 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: read on the inner web. Obviously you got to fix 162 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: the pass protection. Seven sacks. You can't get killed when 163 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: every team brings the house on third down until the 164 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: Browns find a way to stop the obvious third down blitz, 165 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: the obvious twist stunts, just basic games. The teams are 166 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: playing bringing backers from the second level until they find 167 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: a way to do that on any down, but particularly 168 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: on third down, until they could run effectively on first down, 169 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: and they did in the fourth core when the game 170 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: was out of hand. Until they do that, then the 171 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: offense isn't going to work effectively. And they know that. 172 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: I'm not saying anything that you already don't know. Browns 173 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: came into this game leading the league in dropped passes. 174 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: There were a few there yesterday, and to be fair, 175 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: there were a few times when you look at the 176 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: tape where you're like, all right, the protection here is good. 177 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: Let it rip just my view from thirty five thousand 178 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: feet when you're looking at tape. But when the protection 179 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: often isn't there, sometimes those easy layups don't feel like 180 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: easy layups in the moment. Let's highlight the good here. 181 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: If you want to go off PFF rankings, who doesn't 182 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: look PFF you want to go off PFF rankings. Jokay 183 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 1: was the best Brown on the field. We said it 184 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: during the broadcast in the moment he played his tail off, 185 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: I'm happy for him. He's from Hampton, Virginia, Northern and 186 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: southern Virginia really two different states, but Commander's territory. He 187 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: had family there. He came in with a ninety point 188 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: two PFF grade. Winston Reid, who was forced into action 189 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: with a Jordan Hicks injury. Winston Reid came into an 190 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: eighty nine point seven. Nice for the young man from 191 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: Weber State wearing fifty nine. Miles Garrett, who did not 192 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: technically record a stat had a PFF grade of seventy 193 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: four point seven. Devin Bush led the team in tackles, 194 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: had a seventy one point seven. Zadarius had a sack 195 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: seventy point seven. So that's what it is. You are 196 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: through the quote unquote easier part of the schedule. There 197 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: is no such thing as I dropped my phone here standby. 198 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: There is no such thing as an easy game in 199 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: the NFL. There isn't. And when you look before the 200 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: season at a st strength of schedule, remember that is 201 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: all based on last year's numbers, last year's records. Clearly, 202 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: the Commanders are not last year's team. The Jaguars are 203 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: not last year's team. You get my point. A lot 204 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: of teams are not last year's team. The Browns also 205 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: not last year's team. None of that carries over so 206 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: strength of schedule. It's a very fluid thing. But now 207 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: the schedule gets tough. We'll get to the Eagles coming up. 208 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: At a second, the Browns needed more wins. Greg Newsom 209 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: said Monday morning, the season ain't over because one in 210 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: four teams have made the playoffs. Yes they have, And 211 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 1: I would say most importantly that the season isn't over 212 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: because it's not over. Okay, at one in four, you 213 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: still have twelve more of these to go, and it's 214 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: gonna feel a lot better next week if you could 215 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: beat the Eagles and then you say, hey, we have 216 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: three games in a row at home, upon which maybe 217 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: you can stack someone. You can't look at that yet. 218 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: You can only look at this one, cool and this 219 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: one honestly, time to flush it. You look at the 220 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: tape on Monday and then you move on. But it 221 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: is not a move on as in forget it. It's 222 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: a move on as in you gotta make it better 223 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: and throughout the game. Nathan and I, especially in the 224 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, We're looking at each other, and the conversation was, well, 225 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: what do you do? Like, what do you change? I 226 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: wanted to see and I thought they should have done this. 227 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: I was in favor, let me phrase it that way 228 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: of seeing Jameis Winston a little bit earlier, just to 229 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: protect to Sean. Look, the game was over. They weren't 230 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: gonna rally at that point. It would have been a 231 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: long shot. Even though look I know Miami. That is 232 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: the Hurricanes rallied from down twenty five at Cow while 233 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: most of us were sleeping on Saturday evening, and they 234 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: pulled off the miracle at Berkeley. But I would have 235 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: done it just to protect Deshaun. He was getting killed. 236 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: He's leading the league in sacks taken. He's on record 237 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: to set a new NFL mark for sas taken to 238 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: demolish David Carr's old record. I would have gotten him 239 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: out of there a little bit sooner. Obviously, James finished 240 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: the game right around the two minute warning. He got 241 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: in there. Stefanski intimated that they were talking about that. Actually, 242 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: not intimated, he said after the game. They were talking 243 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: about that in the fourth quarter a little bit earlier. 244 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,719 Speaker 1: They finally did it there on that final possession. What 245 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: else could he have done? Could you put Michael Dunn 246 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: in at right guard? He was up at active and 247 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: much like j Oka, playing in front of friends and family. 248 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: He is from Bethesda, Maryland, right around the corner from 249 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: now what's known as Northwest Stadium, University of Maryland. Could 250 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 1: you have put him in there? Maybe he obviously was 251 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,440 Speaker 1: active for the first time. Don't know how healthy he is, 252 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: but he was in uniform. Maybe you could have put 253 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: him a right guard. Would that have changed anything a 254 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: little bit? Maybe? I don't know. But the question I 255 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: keep getting from Browns fans is well, what do you change? 256 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: Can't tell you. That is above my pay grade. But 257 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: obviously they're working hard to do that, and we're gon 258 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: only look to the next game and try to win 259 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: that next game, giving a healthy pause there. All right, 260 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: let's go around the league and let start in the 261 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: AFC North And I want to use the Bengals here 262 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: as an example as an example, and we're going to 263 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: try to tie this to the Browns here. It's not 264 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: all about the quarterback play, because clearly Deshaun Watson hasn't 265 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: played as well as he wants to play. Any of 266 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: us expected him to play. But it goes collectively here. 267 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: It's not just the quarterback. The quarterback takes the blame. 268 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: DeShawn in Vegas, if that eighty two yard touchdown counts, 269 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: they win the game. He has over three hundred yards. 270 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: It's a lot rosier picture, but anyway, let's use Joe 271 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 1: Burrow here. So the Bengals blow a big fourth quarter 272 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: lead double digitally, the Ravens rally back, and the Ravens 273 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: win in overtime, and the Bengals, now like the Browns, 274 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: are one and four. But to show you that it's 275 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: not all about the quarterback, Joe Burrow. How about this 276 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: from my good friend Tony at NFL Network at NFL Research, 277 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: who does amazing work there. Tony points out, and he 278 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: tweeted this, Joe Burrow has the highest completion percentage, it's 279 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: seventy two point three and the highest passer rating one 280 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: thirteen point six by any quarterback to start a season 281 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: when that team is one in four. Ever, I'll put 282 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: it in English, Joe Burrow is the best one in 283 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: four quarterback of all time. But there's still one in four. Now, 284 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: they could only track this back to nineteen fifty. For 285 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: a lot of NFL stats, you go back to only 286 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: nineteen fifty because some things they simply don't have all 287 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: the data. Right. They have touchdowns and yards, but some 288 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: of the other stuff they can't actually track, like passer 289 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: rating beyond nineteen fifty. So even though he is playing 290 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: lights out, and he said coming into this week that 291 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: I have to play perfect for us to win. Even 292 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: though he is playing lights out, and he played nearly 293 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: a perfect game, but he threw the late pick to 294 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: Marlin Humphrey and that turned out to be deadly. They 295 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: are still one in four, so it's not all about 296 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Give you another example. The Buffalo Bills two 297 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: weeks ago. Josh Allen's the MVP, and I still think 298 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: he could be the and should be in the MVP conversation. 299 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: They didn't need Stefan Diggs. They're going to spread the 300 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 1: ball around. Everybody's happy. All these wide receivers and playmakers 301 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: are eating. We're good, we're rolling. Now look at him. 302 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: They lose in Houston. Josh Allen was nine of thirty. 303 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: Nine of thirty. The Bills threw the ball three times 304 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: when the Texans were out of timehouts and then punted, 305 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: took only sixteen seconds off the clock in the final 306 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: minute and gave c. J. Stradackjaemy Fairbarn a chance to 307 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: win the game, and they did on a fifty nine 308 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: yard field goal. And the conversation today for my good 309 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: friend Peter Schrager on GMFB is, well, maybe they need 310 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs at a legit number one. Now. Khalil Shakir 311 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: didn't play on Sunday. He is there number one for now, 312 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: although he's not your classic number one, but he's getting 313 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: a lot of catches, a lot of targets. Without him, 314 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: they're a different team. But now it's like, well, Josh 315 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: Allen can't do it all by himself. I'm just saying 316 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: it's a week by week league, and little tweaks and 317 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: little changes and a little bit of momentum can change 318 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 1: everything everything. And take the Buffalo Bills for example, because 319 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: I still think they're a really good team. Look at 320 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Last week. Cardinals were beaten badly by Jaden 321 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,239 Speaker 1: Daniels and the Commanders. What do they do. They go 322 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 1: into San Francisco and they beat the forty nine Ers 323 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: twenty four to twenty three. It can change that quickly. 324 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,399 Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, bon Nicks was being laughed at. 325 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: If you believe, and I do my good friend James 326 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: Palmer who reported that he was at a game and 327 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: the opposing DBS were laughing at how simplistic the offense 328 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: was for Bonnicks. Now where they stripped it down and 329 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: they knew, they knew what they were doing. Well, they 330 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: won again, and the Broncos are now three and two. 331 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: They beat the Raiders, the Giants. I know, the Giants 332 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: beat the Browns, but without Molik Neighbors, they go into 333 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: Seattle and they beat the Seahawks. It can change that quickly. 334 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,479 Speaker 1: The Steelers worth three and oh all of a sudden, 335 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: now they are three and two. It can change that quickly. 336 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: And the same goes for the Jets. Hey, they're looking good. 337 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: They went on TNF. Aaron Rodgers is back, Aaron Rodgers 338 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: is good. It is rolling everybody. It can change that quickly, 339 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: believe me. Same goes for the Bears. They're now three 340 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: and two. It can change that quickly. And I know 341 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: I sound like a broken record, but truly, truly, I 342 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: know it can change. But you gotta be the Eagles 343 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: all right, let's look at the Eagles here, and I've 344 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: seen this one coming for a while. Every now and 345 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: then the schedule gives you a bad hand. This is 346 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: one of those weeks. But it doesn't matter and there 347 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: are no excuses. You can say three game road trip 348 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: is bad, yes, but then you get the three game 349 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: homestand in October and then into the first weekend of November. 350 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: I don't mind either of those. What I don't like, 351 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: and most teams have to face this. The question is 352 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: how often do you have to face it is going 353 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: somewhere on the road and facing a team that is 354 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: coming off a bye. Most teams don't like the early 355 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: buye The Eagles had a week five buy and they 356 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: do so at two and two, not playing well with 357 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: criticism from local media for both Nick Sirianni and Jalen 358 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: Hurts and the entire operation. But now they had a 359 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: chance to reset. So the Browns are walking in there 360 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: facing a two and two team that just had a 361 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,360 Speaker 1: week off to rest and potentially getting healthy. The two 362 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: question marks for me into this one. Obviously, the Browns 363 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: have their own issues, and as Kevin Stefanski and Mike 364 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: Tomblin said, something similar both said this week, you can't 365 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: worry about beating the other team until you figure out 366 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: why you're beating yourself. Stop beating yourself, and then worry 367 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: about beating the other team. Well, the Eagles are having 368 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: those issues as well, but what worries me about them 369 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: is that they could be getting healthy at wide receiver. 370 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: Don't know yet about AJ Brown, but he hasn't played 371 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: since Week one. And then there's Davonte Smith as well, 372 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: who two weeks ago had that bad concussion, that bad hit, 373 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: really brutal hit when the Browns were losing to the 374 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: Giants at home, the Eagles were in New Orleans and 375 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: Davonte Smith took a big hit. He missed last week 376 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: with a concussion. Don't know, but normally after a buye 377 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: you would think he'd be able to come back. The 378 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: Browns also here face another mobile quarterback, a team that 379 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: likes to run the ball, a team that uses a 380 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: lot of RPOs, but not nearly as many as last year. 381 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: Now that Kellen Moore is the quarterback, so you got 382 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: to be ready for the quarterback run game, as the 383 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: Browns have had to be ready the last three weeks. 384 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: Even going back to Gardner, Minshew, not necessarily Jayden Daniels. 385 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: That kid is special, but Jalen Hurts is obviously still 386 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: a weapon in that run game. Defensively, Vic Fangio is 387 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: now the defensive coordinator. It is very much a bendknot break. 388 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: They put an umbrella over everything, takeaway the deep shots 389 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: kind of defense, somewhat similar to what Jim Knowles really 390 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: plays at Ohio State. If you're a Buckeye fan, so 391 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: you got to be able to take what they give 392 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: you. You got to be able to use the quick game. 393 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: You got to be able to throw underneath. You got 394 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: to be able to if you drop the deep shot, 395 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: make sure you got it. They're gonna play two deep safeties, 396 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: and you have to generate more offense, and you have 397 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: to run the football. We know these things. They know 398 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: these things. There is nothing here that I am saying 399 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: that is somehow revolutionary. But the Eagles, if you look 400 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: at the standings, sitting here at two and two, they 401 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: are now chasing the team the Browns just lost to 402 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: in the Commanders Dallas is sitting there at three and 403 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: two after the big win at one in the morning 404 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: on Monday, and Philadelphia has the Giants right behind them. 405 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 1: So this is a team that the Browns are facing 406 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: that is not only rested and trying to get healthy, 407 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: but badly needs to come out of here with a victory. 408 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: So that's what you're walking into next week and then 409 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: the three game homestand which I'm excited for. I'm going 410 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: to be in Cleveland for that three game homestand standing 411 00:23:56,280 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: there or rather staying there and setting up shops. So 412 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: another one of these the Bark Tank next week after 413 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: Eagles came here from the home studio and then moving 414 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:12,159 Speaker 1: in to the Cross Country Mortgage campus for a couple 415 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: there as well. This has been the Bark Tank everybody. 416 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: As always, I try to be honest with you. Sometimes 417 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: I get animated. Sometimes I sound disappointed or way too 418 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: excited in the booth, but that is just me and 419 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: I hope that through five weeks that's the one thing 420 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 1: I can convey to you, the fan. I am one 421 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 1: of you, and I am doing my best to tell 422 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: you and bring you and to paint that picture everything 423 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: that is happening on that field. I'm living and dying 424 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: with this team just like you, and I'm so happy 425 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: and so honored to be in this chair. I can't 426 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: say that enough. I'm gonna keep saying it. And I'm 427 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: also happy in honor that you chose to listen to 428 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: episode two of The Bark Tank. Let's subscribe and tell 429 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: your friends and like and make it a weekly tradition. 430 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: All right, all right, it's along everybody. Good luck in Philly. 431 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: Talk to you next week.