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MATCHUPS: I’m wondering if the Browns have a chance to win within the division this year.
Steelers: The match up to their passing game isn’t bad as our pass rush should keep Ben on his toes and with our re-tooled secondary we can cover all except AB if the rush is good enough. We can do better than most at covering Bell as we will shadow him with Collins or Pepper. Our TE coverage is still an unknown but, the Steelers don’t have especially good TEs. I give them the edge due to AB and Bell.
The match up to their running game is also adequate as our front seven should be superior to their offensive line. The difference is that Bell is an exceptional back. Again I give them the edge.
How we match up to their passing defense? With Taylor’s accuracy and our cadre of pass catchers we match up very well to their secondary and lack of coverage linebackers. It will come down to how well our offensive line holds up to their pass rush. I think that we get the edge here.
Against their rush defense the match up is harder to judge. I think that they are going to be very strong against the rush and we are going to have a good rushing offense. I’m going to give them a small edge as I think teams will have to use outside speed to rush effectively against the Steelers and I don’t know if we can generate that kind of rushing attack.
...........I’m wondering if they won’t create $9M in cap savings with $3M in dead money by releasing Joe Haden. By now they know that he is no longer a man to man coverage CB. They are not deep in defensive backs but, at this point Joe Haden is not much better than a replacement level CB. It will be interesting to see what they do.
Steelers: The match up to their passing game isn’t bad as our pass rush should keep Ben on his toes and with our re-tooled secondary we can cover all except AB if the rush is good enough. We can do better than most at covering Bell as we will shadow him with Collins or Pepper. Our TE coverage is still an unknown but, the Steelers don’t have especially good TEs. I give them the edge due to AB and Bell.
The match up to their running game is also adequate as our front seven should be superior to their offensive line. The difference is that Bell is an exceptional back. Again I give them the edge.
How we match up to their passing defense? With Taylor’s accuracy and our cadre of pass catchers we match up very well to their secondary and lack of coverage linebackers. It will come down to how well our offensive line holds up to their pass rush. I think that we get the edge here.
Against their rush defense the match up is harder to judge. I think that they are going to be very strong against the rush and we are going to have a good rushing offense. I’m going to give them a small edge as I think teams will have to use outside speed to rush effectively against the Steelers and I don’t know if we can generate that kind of rushing attack.
...........I’m wondering if they won’t create $9M in cap savings with $3M in dead money by releasing Joe Haden. By now they know that he is no longer a man to man coverage CB. They are not deep in defensive backs but, at this point Joe Haden is not much better than a replacement level CB. It will be interesting to see what they do.
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