The Browns defense allowed only fifty-eight total yards to the Arizona offense, sacked Clayton Tune seven times, and intercepted the rookie twice in a complete demolition of the Cardinal offense.
Cleveland improved to 5-3 with the win and will travel to Baltimore to face the 6-2 Ravens in what will be a vital game for tiebreakers inside the division.
This is shorter than usual since I was away on Monday and Tuesday, and this is now old news.
Brownie Bits
1) DeShaun Watson struggled at first but he was sharper as the game moved on and his fifty-nine-yard dart to Amari Cooper was the type of throw that the Browns hoped they would see from Watson.
It's a bit away from the day that I could truly say this is the player that they traded for and he is consistently at that level but this was a flash of hope.
2) The Cardinals are a bad football team with only one win and starting a quarterback that had never taken an NFL snap, so the Browns should have been impressive in victory but this was a domination that good teams do to bad teams.
This is how it should be done but that doesn't mean that they deserve little credit for doing so.
3) The wide receiver position is still a worry to me as other than Amari Cooper, the wideouts caught only three passes (two to Elijah Moore, one to Cedric Tillman) for a combined seventeen yards.
4) The defense's seven sacks was a strong outing but it seemed like it could have been even more as the pass rush was bothering Clayton Tune with every dropback.
5) Dalvin Tomlinson was signed to shore up an interior defensive line that was abused consistently last season and he has done so.
Tomlinson finished this game with two and a half sacks and in my opinion, is playing at a Pro Bowl level thus far this season.
Tomlinson is responsible for the improved play of Jordan Elliott this season as he occupies two blockers and allows Elliott to deal with just one with Elliott stepping up his play to the highest of his career.
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