Cleveland Browns vs. Seahawks: Can Browns get a bounce-back win?
By Randy Gurzi
Writer: Justice Sunderland
Game: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns
Summary: It seems like opinions on the Browns change every week, if they win everyone calls them the greatest team in the world and they knew it all along. If they lose, we were too quick to crown them they are still pretenders.
This week they were called pretenders after they were destroyed on Monday Night Football by the San Francisco 49ers. But they return home this week to face one of the hottest offenses in the NFL the Seattle Seahawks.
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Seatle has changed their identity from a legendary defense to an offensive juggernaut. Russell Wilson has been nothing short of a miracle worker because he is not playing with a lot of big-name guys, just getting it done with what he was given.
But the Browns have played their best season coming off of a loss and I expect that to continue this week. This is a team full of prideful players and they were embarrassed last week. Players always say they don’t hear what people say about them but they do and naturally they want to prove them wrong.
Cleveland’s victories over the New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens both came after losses.
The Seahawks have one of the worst pass defenses in the league, they just do not have the talent in the secondary that they used to. They added JaDeveon Clowney right before the season, pairing him with Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright has given them one of the best run defenses in the league.
That means the focus for the Browns will be Mayfield and the passing game and I think he is up for the challenge. The Browns will have problems slowing down Russell Wilson which may be impossible at this point.
This game will turn into a shootout, it might remind Mayfield of his college days in the Big 12. That is the type of setting he thrives in. He will have to rise to the occasion because the quarterback on the other sideline is a Super Bowl Champion and the front-runner for league MVP.
Prediction: Browns 40, Seahawks 30