Browns land in an ugly spot in latest NFL power rankings due to Week 3 loss against Giants
Let’s face it, the Cleveland Browns season has not gone how they had planned for it to start out. Now, Cleveland is looking to dig themselves out of a 1-2 start. The Browns being 1-2 on the season is a disastrous start, there is no other way to put it. Cleveland was pounced in Week […]
Let’s face it, the Cleveland Browns season has not gone how they had planned for it to start out. Now, Cleveland is looking to dig themselves out of a 1-2 start.
The Browns being 1-2 on the season is a disastrous start, there is no other way to put it. Cleveland was pounced in Week 1 by the Dallas Cowboys and barely held onto beat a bad Jacksonville Jaguars team in Week 2. Week 3 was the worst to date when the Browns struggled and lost to Daniel Jones and the New York Giants.
With their season starting the way it has, the Browns are in an ugly spot in the latest NFL power rankings. Cleveland comes in at No. 28 this week and they’re down from 24 the previous week. The Browns have perhaps the worst offense in the NFL right now.
“Why are the Browns so low, you ask? Well, some teams are going to be placed higher on the power rankings by virtue of the fact that their younger players have an arrow pointing up, even if they aren’t playing perfectly at the moment. That’s better than very high-profile players with arrows pointing downward. Deshaun Watson in Cleveland makes up the single biggest anchor around a team’s neck right now and, potentially in NFL history. The Giants totally revamped their seldom-blitz game plan for Watson, knowing full well that he completely short-circuits under pressure. Kevin Stefanski took partial blame for the eight sacks, but I wonder how many he was watching, begging for Watson to throw the ball.” – Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated
Cleveland needs their entire offense to be better from the coaching, offensive line, wide receivers, and of course the quarterback. To this point, the defense has been pretty much league-average. There are some very poor things happening with that unit and it showed against the Giants. A more efficient offense should help the defense out some as well.
Week 4 against the Las Vegas Raiders will be a must-win game for the Browns — who can not afford to slip to 1-3 — and lose to another team they should not. Cleveland’s schedule gets a lot tougher down the road and letting games go that they shouldn’t will burn them.
Browns’ Myles Garrett hints at what may be wrong with the defense to start the season for Cleveland
Things aren’t working well so far.
