The Cleveland Browns 41-35 win over the Tennessee Titans is just different.
A victory in this fashion has been way overdue for the Cleveland Browns. Week 13’s 41-35 win over the Tennessee Titans was missing one thing that was present in their other eight wins and it is actually a good thing. There is no “yeah, but” that can be applied to this win and that is what makes it different.
Every other win the phrase “yeah, but” can be applied.
Yeah, but it was the Bengals (twice)
Yeah, but the Colts didn’t have Darius Leonard.
and even the weather has been used as a “yeah, but”.
What the Browns did the Titans can be described relatively easily, a complete asskicking. Cleveland had their way with Tennessee from the jump and were able to race out to a 38-7 lead thanks to an excellent outing from Baker Mayfield. The Browns even converted 10 of 16 attempts on 3rd down, dominated possession (36:46-23:14), and won the turnover battle 3-1.
There are some things to nitpick about, such as penalties and the scoring differential in the second half, but again just nitpicking. Cleveland had 13 penalties for 92 yards compared to Tennessee’s 5 penalties for 52 yards while being outscored 28-3 in the final two quarters. The Browns lack of production in the second half was something that was mentioned by Kevin Stefanski while meeting with the media Monday.
All things considered, the phrase “yeah, but” does not really apply for this particular win. There are things to improve on, but that is true for every team in the NFL. The Browns finally go their win that does not have an asterisk next to it. This is a good sign and hopefully this continues as they gear up for their playoff run.
