Predictions for the Cleveland Browns Monday night game against San Francisco
By Randy Gurzi
Writer: Steve Gessic, Jr.
Game: Cleveland Browns (2-2) at San Francisco 49ers (3-0)
Summary: Alright Browns fans, we all saw what this hyped up Browns offense is capable of against an overrated Ravens defense. Now the Browns look to travel out West to go up against a QB who still hasn’t proved his worth and a defense that is still trying to find themselves. The 49ers beat the Buccaneers, Bengals, and the Steelers. So what? The Buccaneers defense is sub-par, and the Bengals defense is even worse.
The only team that the 49ers can somewhat brag about would be the Steelers. However, the Steelers don’t have Big Ben and the 49ers allowed a new guy to toss for two TD’s on them while holding James Conner to under sixty total yards. The 49ers barely won against a sad offense and a defense that hasn’t clicked yet. Expect the Browns to let Baker do his thing more so this week and allow Chubb to work his way methodically onto the stat sheet.
Beware of this 49ers offense though. Jimmy G will toss a bad ball but their running game is solid. The Browns get burnt by TE’s. Yes, Schobert was downfield with solid coverage but the TE still hurts this Browns defense. George Kittle is a man among boys. He has the ability to punish this defense and he’s still looking for his first TD this year.
Stop the run and key Kittle and this Browns defense will do just fine. The Browns secondary has been stellar throughout this injury-plagued season so far. They need to be able to step up again and hold the islands down. This team was thrown away by everyone except the real fans.
Look for another message to be sent this week with a beat down of the 49ers.
Prediction: Cleveland 43, San Francisco 20