Browns Plainly Podcast

The Browns lost to the Bengals on Sunday, a loss that doesn't officially take them out of the playoff race but leaves them far outside the playoff picture with time running out.

So why do the Browns keep getting a pass year after year when they fail to meet expectations? What's on the table for the Browns as far as making changes this offseason? Will we see a new defensive coordinator? New special teams coach? Is Kevin Stefanski on the hot seat?

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe go through questions from our Football Insider subscribers on the Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast on Tuesday. They cover everything from the future of the Browns to what to watch in the final four games of the season to the progress Deshaun Watson made on Sunday in Cincinnati.

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Joe Burrow did enough offensively, and the Bengals' defense stepped up to end the Browns' recent domination of the Battle of Ohio. Burrow shook off a sloppy start to throw two touchdown passes and Cincinnati beat Cleveland 23-10 on Sunday, ending a five-game skid in the rivalry. “A team win, team ugly win, but we got it done," Burrow said. Cincinnati bottled up Browns running back Nick Chubb, picked off Deshaun Watson and stopped the Browns on three fourth-down plays. “The defense played unbelievable and that really ended up being the deciding factor in the game,” Burrow said. “And so that’s kind of showing the kind of team we’re becoming — we’re able to win in a lot of different ways. You’ve seen it over the last couple of weeks on the defensive end and the offensive end and the kicking game. We’re just a complete team right now.” The Bengals (9-4) have won five straight and nine of 11. They remained tied for the AFC North lead with Baltimore, which beat Pittsburgh 16-14. Burrow picked up his first win in five starts against the Browns (5-8), whose playoff hopes are now all but nonexistent.

Watson was sharper than in his debut with the team last week and threw his first touchdown pass in 707 days, a 13-yarder to David Njoku in the third quarter. But Watson also threw a fourth-quarter interception and couldn't hook up with Donovan Peoples-Jones on a late fourth-and-goal from the 6 that would have made it a one-score game. He turned the ball over downs again on the Browns' last drive when he threw incomplete to Amari Cooper. Watson finished 26 of 42 for 276 yards, and his touchdown pass was the only time the Browns found the end zone. “The game is going to continue to speed up,” Watson said. “Each week is going to get better. Today was another learning lesson. Just need to continue to improve. The progress is always taking one step forward. The biggest ultimate goal is to get the W.” Burrow was 9 for 21 for 110 yards in the first half, including a 15-yard TD to Ja'Marr Chase. In the third quarter, Burrow found Trenton Irwin for an easy 45-yard scoring pass when the Browns bit on a flea-flicker.

Burrow was largely reliant on Chase after his other top receivers, Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins, left the game with injuries. Chase had 10 receptions for 119 yards in his second game back since missing a month with a hip fracture. The Bengals quarterback finished 18 for 33 for 239 yards and threw a fourth-quarter interception. Joe Mixon, who missed the last two games with a concussion, rushed for 96 yards, including a 40-yard breakaway on a drive that led to a Cincinnati field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter. “In that first quarter, I wasn’t playing very well, I was missing throws,” Burrow said. “I settled in there in the second half of the second quarter, and from there we really moved the ball really well. The run game was good to us. Ja'Marr was incredible like he always is.”

The Cincinnati Bengals took control of this game in the second quarter and beat the Cleveland Browns for the first time in six tries. Offensive spotlight: QB Deshaun Watson didn't look much better than he did last week, completing 26-of-42 attempts for 276 yards and a touchdown and throwing a backbreaking interception late in the game. He gained just 6.6 yards per attempt.

Defensive spotlight: Cincinnati’s defense did a number on the Browns' run game, with D.J. Reader looking back to his best. Browns RB Nick Chubb averaged just 2.4 yards per attempt, and without that foundation, the Browns offense was toothless.

Rookie spotlight: Wide receiver David Bell played 50 snaps for the Browns but caught just three passes for 27 yards. Bell is averaging just 0.8 yards per route run this season, the worst mark among rookie pass-catchers.

Offensive line spotlight: Cleveland put plenty of pressure on Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati offense, but it wasn’t enough. Every member of the Bengals line surrendered some volume of pressure.

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On this postgame edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast, Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe kick things off breaking down the Cleveland Browns' 23-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Then (12:49) Dan is joined by Ashley Bastock, Irie Harris and Doug Lesmerises to discuss more of what went wrong for the Browns on Sunday and this season, and what to expect from Deshaun Watson and the Browns in the final four games.

Thanks for listening.

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Jackson and Anthony are back with another episode of the podcast as they recap the Browns' loss to the Bengals, the playoff hopes all but officially gone, and also discuss the future of the defense as the offseason approaches.

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Recap of the Browns vs. Bengals game. Ja'Marr Chase and Joe Burrow both played important roles in the final outcome. Tune in to find out what was the turning point of the game was and how the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns in the battle for Ohio. Keep your eye out for my more Cleveland Browns analysis tomorrow from 11 am- 1:00 pm on The Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. in the upcoming season!

Joe Burrow finally figured out how to win the Battle of Ohio. With their 23-10 victory over the Browns, the Bengals effectively snuffed out the Browns flickering playoff hopes -- although at 5-8, they haven’t been mathematically eliminated yet. The Bengals, in winning their fifth straight game, improved to 9-4 and snapped a five-game losing streak to the Browns. They had also lost eight of their last nine to the Browns, and Burrow couldn’t get the Browns’ monkey off his back.

He’s 3-0 against the Chiefs but couldn’t get past Myles Garrett and Browns. That all changed on Sunday, despite the fact Burrow was without three of his top weapons in tight end Hayden Hurst, Tee Higgins (hamstring) and Tyler Boyd (finger). But Ja’Marr Chase, who sat out the 32-13 Browns victory on Halloween night, caught 10 of 15 targets for 119 yards and a touchdown.

Burrow went 18 of 33 for 239 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT for an 85.3 rating.

Deshaun Watson, in only his second game back after 700 days off, went 26 of 42 for 276 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT for a 79.1 rating. Nick Chubb rushed 14 times for only 34 yards. The Browns next opponent, the Ravens, beat the Steelers to improve to 9-4 and maintain their edge in the AFC North, but Lamar Jackson (knee) might still rest next Saturday.

Trailing 23-10, Watson was intercepted by safety Jessie Bates III on a pass intended for Donovan Peoples-Jones with 13:39 left in the game and the Bengals in field goal territory. But after they moved to the Browns 31, the Browns got an interception of their own keep themselves in the game. Jadeveon Clowney tipped the pass and Deion Jones picked it off. Unfortunately for the Browns, they were unable to cash in on the opportunity. They marched to the Bengals’ 6, but Watson threw three straight incompletions, including one to Amari Cooper out of the back of the end zone, and one to Donovan Peoples-Jones at the left corner when Cam Taylor-Britt broke up the pass.

The Bengals extended their lead to 20-3 on a flea-flicker that caught the Browns defense off guard. Burrow handed the ball to Joe Mixon, who flipped it back to Burrow, who found receiver Trenton Irwin wide open over the middle of the field for a 45-yard touchdown. Safeties Grant Delpit and most other Browns bit on the run, and Irwin had no defender within 15 yards of him. But the Browns answered the flea flicker with a touchdown of their own — a 13-yarder by David Njoku, who dove for the pylon. The drive ended with three straight completions to Njoku, who had missed three of the last four games with injuries. It marked Watson’s first touchdown pass.

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Deshaun Watson admitted that his return to Houston last week for the Browns’ 27-14 victory over the Texans hit him more emotionally than expected. “Yeah, I think last week, it was a lot,” Watson said Thursday. “The anticipation to just be back on the field, the anticipation of going back to my former team, the anticipation of playing against former teammates and being in front of a crowd that used to cheer for me at the time. So all that stuff was definitely, it was a lot. I’m human so I definitely have things running through my mind and through my just soul in general. Browns offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt admitted that Watson had a lot on his plate in his return to Houston, where he spent the first five seasons of his career, and where most of the more than two dozen allegations of sexual misconduct took place.

Watson, who completed 12 of 31 attempts for 131 yards with no touchdowns and one interception for a 53.4 passer rating, has reason to believe he’ll be a lot better in Week 2 in Cincinnati than he was in Houston, where many of his passes were low, and he bounced one at Amari Cooper’s feet. He also rushed a throw in the end zone and was picked off by safety Jalen Pitre on a pass intended for Cooper. Watson acknowledged that sprinting from drill to drill on Wednesday was an effort to simulate the speed of the game and get his mind and body in synch. “Most definitely,” he said. “Just mind, body, everything. Just getting my conditioning going, wearing pads running, being able to move because in practice and training camp, I didn’t really scramble much, so in a live action being able to have to scramble and then come back and then do another play, call the play in the huddle, operate, sometimes hand it off, sometimes do a pass play. I gotta make sure that my conditioning is up. So any way I can just try to improve that, that’s what I’m going to do.”

Given the 700 days off, everything was adjustment, especially in the place he called home for five years. “I wouldn’t say (the game was) fast, it was just mostly just being able to adjust,” he said. “Like I said before, just really just the conditioning level, being able to go out there and operate, see things like I’ve been seeing it before and then get on the same page with the whole offensive staff of what we want to do for the game plan to execute.” As an anticipatory thrower, Watson found it tough to gauge the timing of receivers Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cooper, David Bell and Anthony Schwartz. This game, he’ll also have tight end David Njoku back from his knee injury. “Every receiver is different, especially on different routes with DPJ and Coop and D. Bell, all those guys are different route runners. So being able to know how they’re gonna come out, when they’re gonna come out, how they’re gonna come out and where they’re gonna be, it takes a little bit of time. But I gotta be able to adjust quick, especially if you want to be successful. And that’s my mindset is just trying to get extra reps, watch extra tape and just let them know what I’m thinking and try to see what they’re thinking on certain routes.”

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It's Browns vs. Bengals Part 2 this week, this time in Cincinnati. The Browns will try to continue their mastery over Joe Burrow and the Bengals. Burrow is 0-4 all-time against the Browns.

It's our weekly Browns preview show to get you through the weekend and up to Sunday's kickoff at Paycor Stadium.

On this week’s preview pod you’ll get:

What you need to know about this game.

Cleveland.com's Michael Niziolek tells us all about the Bengals.

Prop bets involving Deshaun Watson, Joe Burrow and more.

Is the Wisdom Teeth Bengals fan video real?

Lance Reisland’s scouting report of the Bengals.

Our game picks for this week.

This podcast features Mary Kay Cabot, Doug Lesmerises, Ashley Bastock, Irie Harris and Dan Labbe.

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-What to make of Deshaun Watson's debut against the Texans

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The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals meet for the second time in 2022. Here’s a look at the odds and a prediction for their Week 14 matchup. Back in Week 8, the Cleveland Browns hosted the Cincinnati Bengals on Halloween night. It was the only Monday Night Football game for the Browns this season and they defeated the Bengals by a score of 32-13. It was a big win not only due to it being on a national stage but also because it stopped a horrendous four-game losing streak. Since then, Cleveland has gone 2-2 but the wins have come in back-to-back weeks Cincinnati, on the other hand, hasn’t lost since that night. They’ve now won four in a row and just scored a win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 13. With that being the case, they’re unsurprisingly the favorite entering Week 14.

Cincinnati is sitting at -6 right now in the odds with a -260 in the Moneyline, compared to +215 for the Browns. The over/under is 47.5, which might be low considering how these teams often play one another.This will be the second game for Deshaun Watson as the Cleveland starter and his debut left a lot to be desired. Of course, anyone who thought he would look the same as he did in 2020 was fooling themselves. With nearly two years off, he’s going to need some time to get reacclimated to the speed of the game. In this one, he will look better but it won’t be enough to outduel Joe Burrow. And while the Cleveland defense looked better against Houston, they’re still the same team we’ve seen getting steamrolled all year long.

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The Browns were back to work on Wednesday and first up on the to-do list this week is getting Deshaun Watson to look more like Watson on the field on Sunday. He looked rusty and played the lowest-rated game of his career against the Texans.

Is there a scenario where Kevin Stefanski should turn to Jacoby Brissett on Sunday? Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed some pros and cons, why the Browns might consider and why they should or shouldn’t on Thursday’s Orange and Brown Talk Podcast.

They also talked about why the Browns have had so much success against the Bengals and the vibes going into the game. They discuss Anthony Schwartz going on IR and what it means for his future and also the return of David Njoku.

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