Who is to blame for the Browns’ offense?
By Thomas Moore
Sep 27, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) watches the game alone on the end of the sidelines during the second half against the Oakland Raiders at FirstEnergy Stadium. The Raiders won 27-20. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
When you add it all up, it’s clear there is no one area of the team that is to blame for the offense’s struggles.
If the line doesn’t block, if the running backs don’t hit the correct hole, if the receivers don’t do a better job of getting open, and if the quarterbacks don’t play better, you have days like the ones against the Jets and the Raiders.
It is all inter-connected, with each unit having to do its best to make this all work out.
“Any time you lose, everyone has to do a better job,” Thomas said on Monday. “It doesn’t do any good pointing fingers the day after the game because we are all in it together as an offense. When you don’t get the win and you don’t get the production you want, it is everybody. It is a team sport.
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“Any time you lose, there is always an overreaction, and every time you win, there is an overreaction. That is just one of the truisms of the NFL.”
It would be great if there was one move the Browns could make to fix the problems and make the offense an efficient machine. But that is not the reality of the situation.
The only way the Browns are going to get out of this, if they even can, is through hard work.
“We have to handle today much like we did after the Jets loss – bunker in, look each other in the eye, admit our mistakes and get them corrected,” Pettine said on Monday. “A lot more opportunities coming our way, but the focus has to be in or prep so we can be confident in what we’re doing.
“We just have to make sure that we’re – I spoke to the team about it today – we’re just not that team that’s going to be at the opposite extremes, where we don’t play well and then we rally back and then play well, and then as a result of that, we take a step backwards. The psyche of a football team cannot be fragile and that’s something we need to work on.”