Cleveland Browns Week 6 report card: How bad was this game really?
By Leon West
The start of this game was the start the Cleveland Browns needed, but as they learned today, it’s not how you start; it’s how you finish.
Man, oh man, did they end terribly. There were a couple of calls they could have changed the game in their favor, but the Cleveland Browns did plenty to ruin this Week 6 game all on their own.
Turnover, penalties, and missed tackles had been a theme for the Browns to start the season, and all of those things played an essential part in today’s loss. The Seattle Seahawks had won three of their four games this season by a total of four points and took today’s contest by only four.
One could look at that and think that Seattle is just better at situational football, but that would be for the optimistic crowd.
For the pessimistic fans, this was a case of Cleveland being Cleveland. Finding ways to lose the game. Heads were held high throughout the duration of this game only to have hopes of a win and a .500 record at the bye week snatched away like a thief in the night.
There was very little good to take away from this game, but here are a couple of things: Nick Chubb is for real. 20 carries for 122 and two touchdowns. Baker Mayfield found Odell today to the tune of six receptions and 101 yards, but the good is limited. Here are some grades for the offense, defense, and special teams from today’s game.