Browns Plainly Podcast

Week 08 High School Game of the Week. Archbishop Hoban wins on the road at Padua Franciscan 63-8

Cleveland Browns defensive back Denzel Ward takes home the Pepsi Rookie of the Week winner from Week 5 of the 2018 season.

In this episode, Bernie Kosar and Nathan Zegura get you ready for this week's match-up versus the Chargers, kicker Greg Joseph recalls his game winning field goal versus the Ravens and Andrew Gribble sits down with Pro Bowl linebacker Joe Schobert to talk about why the defense has been excelling in causing turnovers in 2018.

The Cleveland Indians are done after a third straight playoff appearance, and the Cleveland Browns actually have some people thinking about the playoffs after a 2-2-1 start.

So what's next for both teams - next season and next Sunday?

On this Takes By The Lake podcast, Doug Lesmerises dipped into two teams and enlisted the help of three guests.

First, our two voices on the Indians:

• Steven Kubitza writes about the Indians at belivelandball.com and joined to discuss what happened in the sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros in the American League Division Series and how many more championship contention seasons this Indians core has left.

• Joe Coblitz writes about the Indians and their minor league system at burningriverbaseball.com and he joined to discuss what minor leaguers are on the horizon for the Indians and the best way for the front office to use its minor league system to try to win in the next few years.

Then we hit the Browns with an old friend:

• Jake Burns is all over the web as a film breakdown expert on the Browns, with his work appearing on The Orange and Brown Report, as well as on Twitter. And now Jake is working with cleveland.com, providing a film breakdown once a week right on this site.

Make sure you check on his piece this week, and don't miss him each week at cleveland.com.

Thanks for listening to another episode of Takes By The Lake from cleveland.com

Preview the Browns week 6 match up with the Los Angeles Chargers while the Browns are on pace to be undefeated at home for the first time in 55 years and Denzel Ward's performance in week 5 earned him special teams player of the week and rookie of the week for the second time this season.

Bernie Kosar and Dustin Fox analyze film of the Los Angeles Chargers Offense against the Oakland Raiders from week 5 of the 2018 season.

Special teams coordinator Amos Jones addressed the media on October 12, 2018. Amos discusses Denzel Ward's blocked kick against the Baltimore Ravens, Greg Joseph'd game winning field goal and Jabrill Peppers in the return game.

Nathan Zegura breaks down the growing confidence in rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield and the week 6 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Defensive Coordinator addressed the media following practice on October 12, 2018. Gregg discussed Joe Schobert, Denzel War, what makes Phillip Rivers a great QB and Jabrill Peppers' performance vs the Ravens.

Head Coach Hue Jackson addressed the media following practice on October 12, 2018. Hue discusses the challenge the Chargers bring to FirstEnergy Stadium, the success of the defense, and the young wide receiving core.