Cleveland Browns: Out Of Town Articles
Acme Packing Company (Justis Mosqueda) —
Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Green Bay has virtually no depth on their interior offensive line The Green Bay Packers ruled out cornerback Jaire Alexander (knee), cornerback Corey Ballentine (knee), linebacker Edgerrin Cooper (hamstring) and receiver Romeo Doubs (concussion) earlier this week, so there weren’t many surprises when the Packers announced their official...
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Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images Why won’t the rest of the football world give the Packers HC the flowers he deserves? Less than a year ago, I wrote about how Green Bay Packers HC Matt LaFleur deserved to be in conversation for the AP’s NFL Coach of the Year award. I’M BACK TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, because the rest of football media seem to forget this handsome devil even...
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Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images The two teams played on Thanksgiving weekend a year ago. For the second straight year, the Cleveland Browns are in Denver over Thanksgiving weekend. Last year, the two teams met in the Mile High City on Sunday after the holiday, with the Broncos picking up a 29-12 win over the Browns, who would go on to be a playoff team. This year, the...
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Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images Don’t be shocked if either earn playing time eventually If you’ve been following the Green Bay Packers ’ roster over the last couple of weeks, two positions have stood out as potential weaknesses when it comes to the depth of the team: linebacker and the interior offensive line. At linebacker, the team nearly had to go into their Thanksgiving night...
Acme Packing Company (Peter Voight) —
Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Every NFL team ranked after week 12 We are just six weeks away from the start of the NFL playoffs . Think about that! Contenders are starting to round into form, teams with no hope are cutting their starting quarterbacks, and the guys stuck in the middle are just hoping ten different scenarios break their way. It’s the best time of the year,...
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Hey, look at the Packers! Week 12 is over, and for your steam-powered power rankings, Peter has you covered somewhere on this site, but over on this side we’re trying something a little different. This is the steampunk version, and we’re using our modern turbine-based technology to generate objective rankings. Power rankings are all about arguing about why they’re wrong, and it’s one thing...
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Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The two longtime rivals play their first of two games in three weeks tonight. This evening, the NFL gets week 12 underway with an AFC North divisional matchup. The Pittsburgh Steelers are out to an impressive and surprising 8-2 start to the season, holding a 1.5-game lead atop the division. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns are a...
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Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Plus, they’re coming from all over. The Green Bay Packers have made a living out of generating big plays this season. Even with Jordan Love limited by injury, the team has created a massive number of explosive plays, something that is borne out in a handful of advanced and conventional statistics. For example: the team ranks 15th in the NFL in...
Acme Packing Company (Paul Noonan) —
So much volatility at the top! Week 11 is over, and for your abacus-based power rankings, Peter has you covered somewhere on this site, but over on this side we’re trying something a little different. We’re using top-of-the-line AI (quickly switches tabs to hide Excel) to generate objective rankings. Power rankings are all about arguing about why they’re wrong, and it’s one thing to be...
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Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The floodgates are opening on Rodgers era Jets stories According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini and Zack Rosenblatt , New York Jets owner Woody Johnson suggested that the team bench quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the team’s 2-2 start to the season. Citing three sources, Russini and Rosenblatt’s joint report claimed that on the Monday after the Jets’...
Acme Packing Company (Paul Noonan) —
There are too many words this week. Week 10 is over, and for your Clark Kent-style power rankings, Peter has you covered here , but over on this side we’re trying something a little different. We’re going for Superman, people! Power rankings are all about arguing about why they’re wrong, and it’s one thing to be subjectively wrong like Peter, and it’s quite another to be objectively wrong....
Acme Packing Company (Peter Voight) —
Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Every NFL team ranked after week 10 The trade deadline has passed, offering us the clearest look yet into who believes they’re a contender, and who’s just waiting for the nightmare to end. The Chiefs are our lone undefeated team after a dramatic week 10, and things only get harder from here as they travel to Buffalo for the NFL’s most exciting...
Acme Packing Company (Paul Noonan) —
The Packers are still hanging around the top ten. (Note: This was written before the outstanding Thursday Night Football game between the Ravens and Bengals, but the Ravens and Bengals sections are still pretty applicable, I think.) Week 9 is over, and for your bespoke power rankings, Peter has you covered somewhere on this site, but over on this side we’re trying something a little...
Acme Packing Company (Paul Noonan) —
The return of pithy comments for each team. Week 7 is over, and for your hipster artisanal power rankings, Peter has you covered elsewhere at AcmePackingCompany.com , but over on this side we’re trying something a little different. Power rankings are all about arguing about why they’re wrong, and it’s one thing to be subjectively wrong like Peter, and it’s quite another to be objectively...
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Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images The Giants and Steelers were once divisional rivals, but this will be just the 12th game between the two teams since the AFL-NFL merger. This evening, Monday Night Football features two long-standing NFL franchises in opposite conferences matching up with one another. Once, long ago, the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers were divisional...