Browns need their offense, especially Deshaun Watson, to get fixed quick
We are on to Week 2. Week 1 didn’t happen, let’s do our best to forget. The season isn’t over, it just started. Is it a must-win? To some degree. The Cleveland Browns will travel to Florida to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. After starting at 4:25 last week, Cleveland is back to the 1 pm slate. The game will be on CBS with Chris Lewis and Jason McCourty on the call.
Will the offense look better than it did last week?
Not going to spend time talking about it, but the Browns offense was underwhelming as a whole last week. I found some interesting tweets regarding the offense’s performance in Week 1.
Having watched this offense from W1 too many times, I would say the single thing missing—and this is pretty simplified—is confidence.
Belief what they’re running is going to work. Belief in the guy next to you to do their job. They’re playing slow and hesitant and that lack of…
— Jake Burns (@jake_burns18) September 12, 2024
#Browns OC Ken Dorsey: “I didn’t feel like there was a lack of effort on offense.”
— Camryn Justice (@camijustice) September 12, 2024
After watching the all-22, one thing can be said is the effort wasn’t lacking (people might disagree but you are entitled to your opinion) but it seemed the offense didn’t have confidence in the scheme. Maybe it’s due to a lack of reps in preseason or maybe it’s not trusting the quarterback (we’ll get to that later) but something felt off. Is it fixable? Yes, most of the stuff that the offense struggled with is simple stuff. But can they all get together on the right page? We’ll see.
Ward/Emerson/Newsome vs Kirk/BTJ/Davis
Cleveland’s secondary received a lot of hype throughout the majority of training camp and they rightfully backed it up on Sunday. Despite the loss, the secondary held Dallas receivers in check and Sunday will be another test. Christian Kirk is someone that is capable of making an impact, Brian Thomas Jr has arrived, and Gabe Davis is a capable deep threat. It appears that the secondary has more confidence in themselves and it shows with how they look on the field.
On Sunday, Cleveland’s cornerback trio will face another stiff test, but will they pass the test with flying colors? We shall see.
All eyes on 4 (again)
It appears that the entire fanbase is over Deshaun Watson at this point, and I can’t blame him.
He looked bad last week, there is no denying it but during the game it looked like his mind was elsewhere. Watson revealed he was dealing with the death of his father and former teammate, and that can affect someone mentally.
Could he have another performance like Sunday? Probably. Could he play well? Doubt it. It’s more about how he looks mentally that matters to me. Football is more than just a physical sport, it’s more mental if anything and playing quarterback is volatile. When your mind is right and you are locked in you can do special things. However, if you aren’t right mentally, you start overthinking and make mistakes that are preventable.
Will Watson look mentally in the right place or will he look like he did last week? I am not sure, we’ll find out on Sunday.
