Browns Plainly Podcast

Garrett Bush of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show and Jeff Lloyd of the Locked On Browns Podcast Tell you Everything You Need To Know About The Browns vs Steelers Game On Thursday Night.

The events that took place within the final two-minute warning led to the worst collapse in recent NFL history... since the last historic collapse the Browns suffered against the Chicago Bears in Week 9 of the 2001 season. "Fire Joe Woods" was trending on Twitter as Browns fans tried to come to grips with what they had witnessed after many left the stadium early up 13 with less than two minutes to play. Where does the defense go from here? How do they regroup on a short week against a division rival? Here are three keys to success for the Browns defense against the Pittsburgh Steelers:

1. Communication, Communication, Communication

Maybe the most obvious of the keys but undoubtedly the most important. The Browns will going into Thursday's game without one of the most important players on their defense after Jadeveon Clowney left Sunday's game with an ankle injury (he has been ruled out for Thursday). News broke Tuesday that Myles Garrett was dealing with a neck injury that forced him out of Tuesday's practice, although the club has since confirmed he is expected to be available Thursday night.

Losing even one pass rusher could spell disaster if the secondary doesn't get on the same page, even against a struggling Mitch Trubisky leading the Steelers' offense. Thirty-seven-year-old Joe Flacco hadn't won a game in the NFL since 2019 and received boo birds of his own from the hometown Jets crowd in Week 1. They were throwing roses at his feet after what the Browns' defense allowed him to do on Sunday.

There is too much talent in the secondary for them to perform this way. Maybe our expectations were too high when they were anointed the next top five defense in the NFL, but it wasn't because of hope alone. There was good reason to believe in a defense lead by two Pro Bowlers and a host of young talent on the rise around them.

2. Block out external noise

What's done is done. The good news in all of the negative press and reaction to the blown coverages and miscommunication is that the problems are absolutely able to be fixed. It's a quick turnaround this week, which may prove to be exactly what they need. No time to rest on their laurels; they will have had three days to get things right. The defense even held a players-only meeting at some point in the days following the Jets loss to get on the same page.

This unit came together during offseason programs and minicamps. They came together for training camp, all of that valuable time used to either learn the system or become more comfortable with their role in it. Can they fix issues they seemingly weren't able to come together on in months of preseason preparation? We can only hope this meeting is a meaningful turning point for them as a group.

3. (Finally a positive) Continue to stifle the opponent's rushing attack

Lost in the controversy is the fact that the Browns defense has held the Panthers and Jets' running games in check through the first two weeks of the season. They held one of the most talented backs in the league, Christian McCaffrey, to just 33 yards on the ground, 54 total for the entire Panthers offense. Similarly, they held the Jets to under 100 yards rushing, with the tandem of Breece Hall and Michael Carter combining for 73 yards.

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Garrett Bush of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show and Jeff Lloyd of the Locked On Browns Podcast Preview Thursday Night Football Browns vs Steelers: Preview and Prediction. They are also joined by Chris Carter of the Locked On Steelers Podcast as part of the Locked On NFL Crossover.

The events that took place within the final two-minute warning led to the worst collapse in recent NFL history... since the last historic collapse the Browns suffered against the Chicago Bears in Week 9 of the 2001 season. "Fire Joe Woods" was trending on Twitter as Browns fans tried to come to grips with what they had witnessed after many left the stadium early up 13 with less than two minutes to play. Where does the defense go from here? How do they regroup on a short week against a division rival? Here are three keys to success for the Browns defense against the Pittsburgh Steelers:

1. Communication, Communication, Communication

Maybe the most obvious of the keys but undoubtedly the most important. The Browns will going into Thursday's game without one of the most important players on their defense after Jadeveon Clowney left Sunday's game with an ankle injury (he has been ruled out for Thursday). News broke Tuesday that Myles Garrett was dealing with a neck injury that forced him out of Tuesday's practice, although the club has since confirmed he is expected to be available Thursday night.

Losing even one pass rusher could spell disaster if the secondary doesn't get on the same page, even against a struggling Mitch Trubisky leading the Steelers' offense. Thirty-seven-year-old Joe Flacco hadn't won a game in the NFL since 2019 and received boo birds of his own from the hometown Jets crowd in Week 1. They were throwing roses at his feet after what the Browns' defense allowed him to do on Sunday.

There is too much talent in the secondary for them to perform this way. Maybe our expectations were too high when they were anointed the next top five defense in the NFL, but it wasn't because of hope alone. There was good reason to believe in a defense lead by two Pro Bowlers and a host of young talent on the rise around them.

2. Block out external noise

What's done is done. The good news in all of the negative press and reaction to the blown coverages and miscommunication is that the problems are absolutely able to be fixed. It's a quick turnaround this week, which may prove to be exactly what they need. No time to rest on their laurels; they will have had three days to get things right. The defense even held a players-only meeting at some point in the days following the Jets loss to get on the same page.

3. (Finally a positive) Continue to stifle the opponent's rushing attack

Lost in the controversy is the fact that the Browns defense has held the Panthers and Jets' running games in check through the first two weeks of the season. They held one of the most talented backs in the league, Christian McCaffrey, to just 33 yards on the ground, 54 total for the entire Panthers offense. Similarly, they held the Jets to under 100 yards rushing, with the tandem of Breece Hall and Michael Carter combining for 73 yards.

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The Browns held their lone practice and media availability prior to the Steelers game on Tuesday and they made the day count. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe discussed all the news of the day.

First, it's Jimmy Haslam getting hit by a bottle thrown by a fan near the conclusion of Sunday's loss. Then they revisit the Nick Chubb touchdown that shouldn't have happened after Chubb admitted he probably shouldn't have scored with 1:55 left in the game. Amari Cooper and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah each took blame for mistakes on Sunday, too. Then they talk about Perrion Winfrey returning and what he had to say on Tuesday.

In the second half of the podcast, our film expert Lance Reisland checks in to give us the good and bad from Sunday. He and Dan start with the performance of Jacoby Brissett and the run game before turning their attention to the issues on defense.

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The Browns were on their way to 2-0. That is, until they weren't. The Browns held a 13-point lead with 1:55 left in Sunday's home opener against the New York Jets. Just over 90 seconds later, Joe Flacco hit Garrett Wilson for a 15-yard touchdown pass and Greg Zuerlein added the go-ahead point-after kick for a 31-30 Jets win. The Jets scored 14 points in the final 1:22 of the game. Ashtyn Davis intercepted a Jacoby Brissett pass with six seconds left to seal the game. Browns fans thought they could exhale when Nick Chubb's 12-yard run with 1:55 remaining gave them a 30-17 lead. Cade York, last week's hero, missed the point-after kick, which proved fatal. That run, though, only gave the Browns a momentary chance to breathe. The Jets answered with a 66-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Corey Davis with 1:22 remaining when Denzel Ward and Grant Delpit seemed to botch the coverage. The Jets then recovered the onside kick at their own 47 and marched down the field for the game-winner on a third-and-10 play.

If Browns fans had questions about Brissett's passing after the season opener, the quarterback made it a point to quiet some of those with the way he started his first home game of the regular season. Brissett completed his first eight passes, and 10 of 11 first-half passes The only incompletion of the half almost was a touchdown. Brissett threw a 6-yard fade to Donovan Peoples-Jones that the tightly-covered receiver grabbed as he was falling out of bounds on the right sideline. The officials initially ruled it a touchdowns. However, after a replay review, it was ruled Peoples-Jones wasn't able to control the ball to the ground while getting his feet inbounds. Brissett made sure it counted on the next play, hitting Amari Cooper for a 6-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead with 8:17 left in the first half. Brissett, though, sustained what appeared to be a knee injury on a sack with just under five minutes remaining. He did come back on the next series. Brissett completed 22 of 29 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown and the game-sealing interception.

There was a lot of conversation about how involved in the offensive game plan Cooper was in the opener. It took until the second drive of his first home game for him to get his first target, but he got it rolling then. Brissett found Cooper four times on that drive for 48 yards, including the 6-yard touchdown pass. Cooper finished with nine catches for 101 yards in the game. The first three quarters were tough sledding for Chubb. The Browns star running back had just 37 rushing yards on 11 carries through 45 minutes. Chubb changed that on the Browns' first fourth-quarter possession. He ran it four times for 41 yards, plus a 15-yard screen pass, as he helped give the Browns a 24-17 lead with 9:21 remaining. Chubb capped the drive with a 7-yard run in which he ran to the right, made a slight cut to the left and then powered his way over the goal line for the score. Chubb finished with 87 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns.

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The Browns lost in shocking fashion on Sunday to the Jets, blowing a 13-point lead with less than two minutes left in the game. There's plenty to get into in the aftermath with the Steelers coming to town on Thursday night.

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe dive into the Football Insider mailbag on Tuesday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast.

They start by talking about the Nick Chubb touchdown late in the game. Then they dig into the defense and what the Browns have to do in order to fix miscommunications, players taking responsibility -- or not taking responsibility -- for the mistakes and more. They also get into what this loss means in the big picture. Is it just a hiccup or bigger concerns?

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Host Jeff Lloyd is joined by PFF's John Kosko for his weekly spot to break down the Cleveland Browns coverage issues, the improved passing game from Jacoby Brissett and Amari Cooper and a peak ahead to the Pittsburgh Steelers. There should be no finger pointing within the Browns secondary there's been bad play all around. Jacoby Brissett looked more confident behind center and he and Amari Cooper were in sync. Pittsburgh comes to town Thursday night and there are several area's the Browns can exploit.

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Garrett Bush of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show and Jeff Lloyd of the Locked On Browns Podcast Breaks down the Cleveland Browns vs. New York Jets Recap. The Browns Blow 13 Point Lead In Final 1:55! The Browns had one of their worst collapses ever in their home opener Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium, losing 31-30 to the Jets to fall to 1-1. They led 30-17 with 1:55 left in the game before allowing Flacco to throw two TD passes in the final 1:22: a 66-yarder to Corey Davis, and a 15-yarder to Garrett Wilson after they recovered the onside kick.The Jets recovered the onside kick at their 47, and Flacco marched the Jets 53 yards in nine plays and fired a 15-yard TD pass to former Ohio State Buckeye Garrett Wilson. Brissett took over with 22 seconds left and was picked off on his second play by Ashtyn Davis to send the crowd home booing and mad. “Everything that happens on that field is my responsibility,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said after the loss. “... I’m not going to hide from it, and I’m not going to point fingers. I am going to tell you that we’re going to get it fixed. “We’ve got to get it fixed.” The Browns play the Steelers on Thursday night football. Kickoff at FirstEnergy Stadium is set for 8:15 p.m.

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The Cleveland Browns collapsed in blowing a 13-point lead to the New York Jets on Sunday, suffering a 31-30 defeat that was one of the worst late-game failures in NFL history.

Who should be held accountable for the loss? What does it tell us about Kevin Stefanski, Joe Woods, Andrew Berry and the people running the Browns? What's to be made of Myles Garrett saying the fans booing the collapse was disappointing? And how will the Browns respond for Thursday night's game vs. the Steelers?

Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe, Ashley Bastock, Irie Harris and Doug Lesmerises are here to discuss all that and more. Thanks for listening.

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Garrett Bush of the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show and Jeff Lloyd of the Locked on Browns Podcast Give The Browns Keys To victory Against The Jets. The Cleveland Browns enter Week 2 with a chance at going to 2-0 for the first time in years. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to go into Week 2 talking about the Cleveland Browns having an opportunity to go 2-0 on a season. Bill Belichick was the coach back then and that team got to 3-0 before falling back to Earth and finishing 7-9.

This year’s team will now get a chance at reaching this milestone when they play a young and inexperienced New York Jets team. The Jets got beat by the Baltimore Ravens in a Week 1 game that was never really that close. The Browns are opening as a 6-point favorite and Many fans are already penciling in a win but let us not forget that two seasons ago Cleveland was embarrassed by New York in a 23-16 loss. It was a game where the Browns were missing their entire wide receiver room because of Covid, and it ended up being one that they’d probably like to forget. The Jets have many new players now including wide receiver and former Ohio State Buckeye Garrett Wilson and cornerback Sauce Gardner out of Cincinnati. They have rising stars and if the Browns have a bit of a letdown after their recent thriller against the Carolina Panthers, the outcome could be bad. The good news is it’s Cleveland’s home opener and that should make some difference. There are many storylines coming into this game that Browns fans will be discussing up to kickoff. Let’s take a look at a few of those.

Browns 3 big storylines for Week 2

No. 3: Browns defense should thrive against the Jets

No. 2: Running attack will continue its domination

No. 2: Running attack will continue its domination

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The Browns play their home opener on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium, going against Joe Flacco, 17-3 lifetime against the Browns, and the New York Jets.

We're previewing all aspects of Sunday's game on our Friday podcast. We start with the things you need to know to get you ready for the key matchups. We get into prop bets about Flacco, Jacoby Brissett, Myles Garrett and Cleveland's newest rock star, Cade York.

Andy Vasquez of our sister site, NJ.com, and the Star-Ledger gives us the view for New Jersey and makes his pick for the game.

And we make our picks for Sunday's game.

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

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