Cleveland Browns: Game-by-predictions for remainder of 2019 season
By Leon West
Looking ahead to the Cleveland Browns remaining schedule while trying to predict the outcome for each game. Can they turn things around and win the AFC North?
The Cleveland Browns bye week couldn’t have come at a better time. The Browns are reeling after two consecutive losses against the NFC West division. The first of which was an embarrassment, to say the least, and the second was a disappointing meltdown.
There are many things to blame for the 2-4 start, but none of it matters at this point. The record won’t change no matter who takes the blame or who blames referees. The Browns are 2-4, and they aren’t happy.
They’ll come off of the bye-week facing the undefeated Super Bowl champions before entering a much friendlier stretch of games to the season. Head coach Freddie Kitchens is back to the drawing board, figuring out how to get all of this talent to gel.
Coaches and players alike expected the talent to take over games and just win, but things have not gone that way — at all. Critics and teams around the league are happy Cleveland has started this way after all of the offseason noise. The pundits are ready to bury the Browns six-feet deep.
The team, however, hasn’t gotten there yet. They understand things take time to gel, and they know they have the pieces to do it. They also know it won’t be easy, but nothing worth having typically is, right?
Cleveland will come back from the bye-week with their full secondary ready for action for the first time since Week two. They will have had two weeks to listen to how bad they have been. No one knows how they will respond.
Will they fold under pressure and end the season with their typical disappointment? Will they bounce back and make things interesting to end the season?