Jimmy Chitwood
Hall of Famer
Cleveland's sumos on the o-line create a Browns loss. no room to run all day, and no time for McCoy to throw. yuck.
Cleveland's sumos on the o-line create a Browns loss. no room to run all day, and no time for McCoy to throw. yuck.
more bad news, ****!
Danny Amendola has been diagnosed with a dislocated left elbow, and "his season is likely in doubt."
This, according to the team. If Amendola ends up being lost for the season, it would be a crushing blow for a Rams' receiving corps with more questions than answers following a dreadful performance against the Eagles today.
Rex Grossman is playing very well for Washington in the first half. I'll be rooting for him as much as any White NFL player this year given the incredible hate he's received over the years, and the very classy way he's handled it.
I think a combination of factors will lead to low production numbers for Hillis in the season opener.
Cincinnati will have a poor offense this year. There's no way around that. At the same time, however, their run defense was excellent in the preseason and was pretty good last year, too.
The Browns won't have much trouble stopping the Bengals. That will encourage Shurmur to use the game as an additional "developmental" scrimmage (He's still new at this, after all). He'll want to see as many of his players as possible. Additionally, the offense that they fielded in the preseason seems geared towards spreading the ball around, with more passing than the Browns had last season.
Hillis will be effective, but I'm thinking a 65yd rushing day with 3 catches for 45yd is the most we can hope for in Game 1. And the Browns will win easily.
I'd like to revise my prediction for Hillis.
26 yards on 20 carries.
And 8 sacks and 20 knockdowns for McCoy.
The San Fran-Seattle game has been as awful as one would expect from this Coal Bowl matchup.