However,other issues popped up in Cincinnati and the Browns lost to the Bengals 34-27.
Trent Richardson rushed for 109 yards and finished with a touchdown rushing and receiving,while Brandon Weeden threw for 322 yards with two touchdowns as both players bounced back from mediocre opening games.The now 0-2 Browns will host the 1-1 Buffalo Bills next week in Cleveland....
Brownie Bits
1) Trent Richardson was exactly the back that fans hoped that they would get when the Browns drafted him showing power and speed.
I must admit that I had questions about Richardson,albeit minor ones,but today went a lot way towards answering those questions.
It is just one game,but this game showed what the Browns might have in the backfield....
2) What I liked most from Trent Richardson was especially the moves in the open field on his catch for a touchdown.
Richardson made Bengals miss in the open field and that is what makes 15 yard gain into fifty yard gains...
3) Brandon Weeden also gave me a bit of hope.
Yes,he still overthrew receivers on long routes and many of his completions came on short tosses,but showed the ability to stay in the pocket and find his man.
The news was not all perfect for Weeden,but was a massive improvement over last Sunday against the Eagles.
4) Weeden finished the day without being picked off,but that was somewhat fortunate for the Browns as Weeden forced many of the long attempts into double coverage and could have easily finished the day with two or more interceptions.
5) Very strong pass rush on Andy Dalton as the Browns finished the day with six dumps of the Bengal passer with D'Qwell Jackson having three of them.
The total is somewhat deceiving as at least two or three of them were Dalton scrambles that lost a yard,but nonetheless the Cleveland pass rush was improved.
6) The Browns secondary missed Joe Haden as expected,but Sheldon Brown played just one snap before his day was finished.
Cleveland allowed two touchdowns of 44 and 50 yards through the air and Buster Skrine struggled badly throughout the game.
This was bad today-no questions there,but giving Skrine and rookie Trevin Wade playing time now when they are forced to might pay dividends down the road as the Browns either give a young player needed experience or realize said player just is not strong in coverage.
7) Cleveland must be practicing with Ohio State when you look at the number of missed tackles in the loss.
We (I watched the game with Ryan,Battlin' Bob and Jeff) counted seven clearly missed tackles and an another that could have made the play on the Adam "Pac Man" Jones punt return for the first score of the game,early in the first quarter.
8) Special teams has been a issue since some poor efforts in the pre-season.
The return game was not as a sharp as against the Eagles and the tackling,as detailed above,needs immediate improvement..
9) D'Qwell Jackson might be getting a fine for a vicious hit that I didn't think was that bad.
It was a huge hit,but he did not lead with the helmet or make contact with the helmet of the pass catcher.
All of that and I still think his paycheck will be a lot lighter...
10) Ten penalties.
Still too many with an offsides on a SAFETY! (T.J.Ward) being the most head shaking.
The offensive line was nabbed for three holding penalties and two false starts.
Sound simple to correct?
11) The Bills coming into town next week make me wonder what the Browns fans are going to get.
Buffalo was pasted by the Jets and then whipped Kansas City badly on Sunday.
The Bills are capable of scoring lots of points on one Sunday and then disappearing the next week.
I think this game against Buffalo will go a long way towards what type of season that Cleveland will see.
Considering the season is just two weeks old,the Browns schedule does not see a team that started 0-2 until December with the Raiders and Chiefs,so a win would seem to be key in the campaign...
Photo Credit:Joshua Gunter-Cleveland Plain Dealer
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