2022 Regular Season
Week 1: Baltimore at Cleveland
We get off to a nice start, landing a 34-17 win. Gus Stewart and Deion Brock are both sharp, as we hit the ground running. CB Randy Furr has three interceptions, including one returned for a TD – great game for him.
Week 2: Cleveland (1-0) at Atlanta (0-1)
Our offense doesn’t really click here, but we get a 16-10 win on the road, in part due to CB Randy Furr’s touchdown punt return – his second score in two weeks.
Week 3: Indianapolis (1-1) at Cleveland (2-0)
Bang, 45-14, big win. Deion Brock has 4 TDs before yielding to Glenn Dixon (who goes 5-5 with a TD himself). Great effort – we are really rolling along.
Week 4: Cleveland (3-0) at Buffalo (1-2)
A 32-21 win, pretty solid – especially seeing that two of the Bills’ scores came on return TDs. Good win, but we suffer losses ion our passing game – injuries to TE Sellers and WR Pendleton.
Week 5: Pittsburgh (3-1) at Cleveland (4-0)
Obviously, a huge battle. We can gain a nice edge with a win here. I’d like to see Don Pritchett step up and make some big plays here – we’re depleted in our receiving corps, and he has been fairly quiet thus far – a few big plays, but not a consistent presence.
We get our win, mostly behind tough running from Gus Stewart. Pritchett has 6 catches in a solid effort, but our line really earned this one, I think.
Week 6: Miami (4-1) at Cleveland (5-0)
Miami pounds us inside, as we have something of a letdown game after beating Pittsburgh, and they run their way to a solid 19-7 win. Now, Baltimore – who have run off four wins since their opening day defeat at our hands – are only a half game back in our division, at 4-1.
Week 7: New York Jets (4-2) at Cleveland (5-1)
We rebound well, with another very good win – Gus Stewart has another excellent game, and posts 161 yards rushing. He has 701 yards in 7 games – a nice clip, on par with his best efforts.
Week 8: Cleveland (6-1) at New England (3-4)
Another triple-digit day from game MVP Gus Stewart leads the winning effort, but the big news is Deion Brock – he goes down with an injury, and will have to miss a week or two. Glenn Dixon looks ready to go, though – he plays very well in wrapping this one up for us.
We need a backup QB for a week or two – and old friend James Houston fits the bill just fine – he’ll back up Dixon as needed. The highlight on his 11-year career sheet remains his Superbowl MVP, earned while playing for us in 2016, after being our starter for half that season.
At the halfway point through this season – I feel that we are playing great football, looking very solid. Here are the numbers to back that up:
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2022 Summary for Cleveland Browns
Record: 7-1
Winning Pct.: .875
Cleveland Browns Team Rank
Rushes 268 2
Rushing Yards 1146 2
Yards Per Carry 4.27 8
Pass Attempts 227 20 (T)
Completions 155 5
Passing Yards 1753 7
Yards Per Attempt 7.72 6
3rd Down Conversions 42.2 18
Points Per Game 28.3 1
Turnovers 6 3 (T)
Turnover Margin +9 3
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 206 14 (T)
Rushing Yards 713 5
Yards Per Carry 3.46 2
Pass Attempts 258 26
Completions 141 17
Passing Yards 1728 24
Yards Per Attempt 6.69 11 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 38.6 5
Points Per Game 15.5 1
Turnovers 15 6 (T)
We’re top sin rushing the ball, and nearly tops in stopping the run. Our only statistical weakness seems to be in stopping the pass – but so far it hasn’t really hurt us. Most points scored, fewest points allowed – very solid effort. This team looks good.
One interesting thing – we only have 11 sacks as a team, placing us last in the league. It doesn’t seem to be a problem, but I don’t see any reason why that ought to be so. We’ll keep an eye on it – we have talent, I don’t know why we aren’t getting to the QB.