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The Factory of Sadness ....

Jim from Katonah : 1/10/2021 10:40 pm : link

... is now wincing and clenching and looking at the clock and ....

The football gods wouldn’t do this to the Browns again — would they?

Things are getting interesting

montanagiant : 1/10/2021 10:41 pm : link

Now

Oh man....

chopperhatch : 1/10/2021 10:41 pm : link

Dont forget, Cleveland had an awful loss in 02 too. I for one am pulling for it.

Fuck Baker.

RE: If the Browns manage to blow this game....

montanagiant : 1/10/2021 10:41 pm : link

In comment 15118013 Greg from LI said:

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....it will be the Brownsiest Browns moment of all time

HA!

Very true

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:41 pm : link

I have no ill will towards the Browns, and I'm sick of the Steelers. Still, it's hard not to chuckle about the lead starting to evaporate.

Game is getting interesting now but i'm confused

Giantfan21 : 1/10/2021 10:42 pm : link

why they didn't go for 2 there ? Down 13 go for 2 and make it 11 so you only need a TD/2 point conversion and a FG. Now they need 2 TD forsure

I am glad I am not a Browns' fan.

St. Jimmy : 1/10/2021 10:42 pm : link

Not a lot of fun at the moment.

What’s the thought process passing up the 2 pt conversion

glowrider : 1/10/2021 10:42 pm : link

And bringing the game to 11? 12 pts or 13 pts no diff. 11 gets you to fg+td +2pt conversion to tie vs needing two yds to win.

I mean, think about how brutal it would be

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:43 pm : link

Not only to blow a 35-7 first half lead, but to do so against your biggest rivals? Who have utterly dominated your team forever?

As bad as the 2002 Niners game hurt, imagine if it had been against the Cowboys.

Browns..

FatMan in Charlotte : 1/10/2021 10:43 pm : link

getting really conservative

Oh boy.

bceagle05 : 1/10/2021 10:44 pm : link

.

Yep

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:44 pm : link

They're playing not to lose rather than playing to win. That often backfires.

The Steelers aren’t even going to need Trey Junkin

shockeyisthebest8056 : 1/10/2021 10:44 pm : link

for this one.

Browns setting themselves up to get

jpkmets : 1/10/2021 10:44 pm : link

Heartbroken in a way beyond comprehension

RE: I mean, think about how brutal it would be

Leg of Theismann : 1/10/2021 10:44 pm : link

In comment 15118036 Greg from LI said:

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Not only to blow a 35-7 first half lead, but to do so against your biggest rivals? Who have utterly dominated your team forever?

As bad as the 2002 Niners game hurt, imagine if it had been against the Cowboys.

Or imagine if it was against the Eagles with the division title on the line.

Oh wait... that did happen.

RE: Game is getting interesting now but i'm confused

chopperhatch : 1/10/2021 10:45 pm : link

In comment 15118032 Giantfan21 said:

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why they didn't go for 2 there ? Down 13 go for 2 and make it 11 so you only need a TD/2 point conversion and a FG. Now they need 2 TD forsure

Or you win with two TDs and two EPs. I think it was def right. If you go for two and miss you only tie with a td and EP

If the Steelers score here -

FatMan in Charlotte : 1/10/2021 10:45 pm : link

they will be within a score with basically a quarter left

Wow, completely different half for Baker

montanagiant : 1/10/2021 10:45 pm : link

You can see the Browns tightening up

Garrett totally

section125 : 1/10/2021 10:45 pm : link

absent.

Still not as bad

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:46 pm : link

The Eagles are a massive pain in the ass, but at that point they hadn't won shit since 1960. Not only have the Browns been, well, the Browns, the Steelers have six championships.

RE: If the Steelers score here -

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:47 pm : link

In comment 15118046 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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they will be within a score with basically a quarter left

The way things are going right now, the Steelers are going to win by multiple scores

RE: Browns setting themselves up to get

santacruzom : 1/10/2021 10:47 pm : link

In comment 15118043 jpkmets said:

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Heartbroken in a way beyond comprehension

Or put another way, a way that's entirely Clevelandian.

They had the ..

FatMan in Charlotte : 1/10/2021 10:48 pm : link

last playoff game between these two teams on earlier today and the Steelers were losing by 17 I think and won going away as well.

Ben may throw for 500 by this time this is over

Jim from Katonah : 1/10/2021 10:49 pm : link

For all his flaws, he’s still great in these types of hurry up situations.

Smokestacks on the Factory of Sadness billowing

widmerseyebrow : 1/10/2021 10:49 pm : link

...

RE: RE: Browns setting themselves up to get

The Truth : 1/10/2021 10:50 pm : link

In comment 15118052 santacruzom said:

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In comment 15118043 jpkmets said:

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Heartbroken in a way beyond comprehension

Or put another way, a way that's entirely Clevelandian.

Even the Browns will admit the clown show of the first quarter were mostly flukes. That bad snap TD kicked off a chain of bizarre events. They have 34 points on 250 yards lol. 250 yards usually turns into about 17 points on a good night, but 34?

I think they should’ve gone for two

glowrider : 1/10/2021 10:51 pm : link

There is no diff between 12 and 13 points. If they got the score to 11, and they have a drive falter but are within fg range, they can bring it to a one score game and not force a fourth down go for it situation. There wasn’t a downside.

I have zero memory of the 2002 game

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:52 pm : link

So I looked it up. Browns were up 27-14 at the start of the 4th and 33-21 with ten minutes to go. Steelers scored two TDs in the last 3 minutes to win 36-33. And with Tommy f'n Maddox at QB, no less.

RE: RE: Game is getting interesting now but i'm confused

Giantfan21 : 1/10/2021 10:52 pm : link

In comment 15118045 chopperhatch said:

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In comment 15118032 Giantfan21 said:

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why they didn't go for 2 there ? Down 13 go for 2 and make it 11 so you only need a TD/2 point conversion and a FG. Now they need 2 TD forsure

Or you win with two TDs and two EPs. I think it was def right. If you go for two and miss you only tie with a td and EP

No it was 35-22. You miss the 2 point conversion you are still up 13 . You make the extra point you are up 12. What is the difference if you are down 12 or 13 ? Being down 11 though makes a big difference since you only need a TD/2 point conversion and a FG

RE: I think they should’ve gone for two

markky : 1/10/2021 10:52 pm : link

In comment 15118063 glowrider said:

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There is no diff between 12 and 13 points. If they got the score to 11, and they have a drive falter but are within fg range, they can bring it to a one score game and not force a fourth down go for it situation. There wasn’t a downside.

yep, absolutely no downside to going for 2. i was pretty surprised too.

RE: Still not as bad

Leg of Theismann : 1/10/2021 10:52 pm : link

In comment 15118049 Greg from LI said:

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The Eagles are a massive pain in the ass, but at that point they hadn't won shit since 1960. Not only have the Browns been, well, the Browns, the Steelers have six championships.

I agree this overall would be probably worse than anything Giants have experienced.

I'm feeling a Browns

montanagiant : 1/10/2021 10:53 pm : link

Turnover here

And the Browns finally get the stop

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:53 pm : link

Gotta do something here to get the momentum back.

......

Route 9 : 1/10/2021 10:53 pm : link

Lol. Come on, Browns. I'm so fucking TIRED of the Steelers.

that was a big first down

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:54 pm : link

They needed that

Brutal decision by Tomlin to punt

Sean : 1/10/2021 10:54 pm : link

.

I remember thinking there is no way the Giants

St. Jimmy : 1/10/2021 10:54 pm : link

blow this game in 2002, the Browns already had a huge calapse today.

The Steelers lost the momentum with punting it looks like.

Damn the needed that

Leg of Theismann : 1/10/2021 10:55 pm : link

Chubb is a BEAST

Boom

Greg from LI : 1/10/2021 10:55 pm : link

Still a lot of time left though

100% agree with Collinsworth

Giantfan21 : 1/10/2021 10:56 pm : link

Tomlin got too conservative and lost momentum

The Oilers/Giants just needed to throw a screen pass.

shockeyisthebest8056 : 1/10/2021 10:56 pm : link

They also needed Nick Chubb.

A few weeks ago

cjac : 1/10/2021 10:57 pm : link

I told a Steeler fan friend that they were the worst 11-0 team I’ve ever seen

This is making me so happy

And that may very well be

section125 : 1/10/2021 10:57 pm : link

the final nail

thank god tomlin doesn't coach this team

GiantsFan84 : 1/10/2021 10:58 pm : link

he's an awful coach. he has uber talented teams every year and can't win shit

you cannot punt there

GiantsFan84 : 1/10/2021 10:58 pm : link

you have all of the momentum and by punting he gave the browns a W

RE: Brutal decision by Tomlin to punt

St. Jimmy : 1/10/2021 10:59 pm : link

In comment 15118073 Sean said:

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Yeah. I wouldn't want to have to make the call there. You get stopped, you lose. What just happened, you lose. Everyone will talk about it tomorrow.

JU JU Smith

Giantfan21 : 1/10/2021 11:00 pm : link

is my number 1 target in FA if I'm the Giants

RE: JU JU Smith

GiantsFan84 : 1/10/2021 11:01 pm : link

In comment 15118086 Giantfan21 said:

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is my number 1 target in FA if I'm the Giants

why? he's slow as shit and is one dimensional

RE: JU JU Smith

The Truth : 1/10/2021 11:01 pm : link

In comment 15118086 Giantfan21 said:

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is my number 1 target in FA if I'm the Giants

Might be a season too early to sign a WR, plus we can draft one for much cheaper.

RE: RE: JU JU Smith

Giantfan21 : 1/10/2021 11:04 pm : link

In comment 15118091 The Truth said:

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In comment 15118086 Giantfan21 said:

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is my number 1 target in FA if I'm the Giants

Might be a season too early to sign a WR, plus we can draft one for much cheaper.

Giants need 2 top WR. This is the worst receiving core in the league

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