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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman
You didn't watch the Cleveland-New England game did you?
Having absolutely "no" difficulties is a mischaracterization of that particular game.
Cleveland gave them quite a test. Four Cleveland turnovers, most self-imposed, hurt Cleveland more than New England hurt them.
Derek Anderson threw an endzone INT deep in New England territory as the Browns were driving for an early TD that would have given them the lead.
Kellen Winslow fumble was returned for a TD with less than a minute left to pad New England's score by 7 after the Browns narrowed it (again) to a 10 point deficit.
Cleveland was the first team to hold New England scoreless for a quarter.
Cleveland was the first team not to give up a TD to the Patriots on their opening drive.
Cleveland held the Patriots to 3 offensive TD's, undoubtedly their lowest total of the year to date.
Cleveland racked up 353 yards of offense despite the turnovers.
Cleveland only lost the time of possession battle by 5 minutes.
And this was IN New England.
Really the difference in the game was the Browns turnovers. The Browns cut the lead to 10 points twice in the 2nd half. The game could easily have swung the other way had the Browns protected the ball. The Browns had the New England crowd out of it for much of the game. In the end, the superior talent of the Patriots won out, but it was FAR from a cakewalk, and it is evidence that the Browns are a team that should NOT be taken lightly.
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Ill admit, that if the colts and Patriots were not 8-0, the browns would be the number 2 team (behind the cowboys, not counting pats/colts) But the patriots also RAN the ball more times than they actually caught the ball. And the QB's had the same amount of completions. The QB is pretty much half of the team and the fact that the QB failed to do his job the best is a reason why the patriots won. Brady has very little if any mistakes this year, which is why they havnt lost. The patriots have outscored the opponents with 43 touchdowns to 16. If the opponents play a bad game then so be it, but the patriots know how to capitalize. Its like the lions, 2 of their wins come from the other team not finishing up at the end. I like the browns, but the patriots are the better team this year and they are gonna beat the colts by 13 (just a guess)