Browns' Monday- REVERSE! Edition

Week 7- Browns @ Saints

Cleveland 30
New Orleans 17

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
Cleveland FG: Phil Dawson 23 yards
Cleveland TD: Peyton Hillis rushed for 4 yards

2nd Quarter
New Orleans FG: Garret Hartley 32 yards
Cleveland FG: Phil Dawson 21 yards
Cleveland FG: David Bowens returned an interception for 30 yards

4th Quarter
New Orleans TD: Drew Brees pass to David Thomas for 11 yards
Cleveland FG: Phil Dawson 48 yards
Cleveland TD: David Bowens returned an interception for 64 yards
New Orleans TD: Drew Brees pass to Marques Colston for 8 yards

Important Player Stats

Colt McCoy 9-16, 74 yards

Reggie Hodges 1 rush, 68 yards

David Bowens 2 INT, 2 TDs

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Well, this certainly wasn't expected. I mean c'mon how are the Browns going to beat the Saints?

It was bout as lack lust a performance as you'll ever see an offense have that puts up 30 points. I mean the starting running back only had one more yard rushing than the punter. McCoy's stats were unimpressive, but compared to the QB play of the end of last season it was tremendous.

The defense played well. They forced many turnovers and for the most part were able to shut down the Saints, which is surprising considering how porous the secondary has been. It just shows what effective pressure can do to even one of the best Quarterbacks in the game.

Trick plays too. You gotta have trick plays.

I'd like to think this will be the turning point, but the more I think about it, yesterday was probably a fluke.
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Projections

This is a new part to my Browns' Monday post. I'm calling it projections. The idea here is to project what the playoff teams will be given the current data.

With 6 of 17 precincts reporting

AFC North: Too Close to Call(Steelers/Baltimore)
AFC East: Too Close to Call(NYJ/N.E.)
AFC South: Too Close to Call(Indy, Tennessee, Houston)
AFC West: Kansas City Chiefs
Wildcard : AFC North 2nd place and AFC East 2nd place

NFC North: Green Bay Packers(based on exit polling)
NFC East: Too Close to Call(Washington, Philadelphia, NYG)
NFC South: Too Close to Call(Atlanta, New Orleans)
NFC West: Seattle Seahawks
Wildcard: NFC East 2nd place and 3rd place

No Longer in the Race: San Francisco, Carolina, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo

On the Brink of Dropping Out: Dallas, San Diego, Denver, Oakland, Jacksonville, Cincinnati, Minnesota

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Checking my preseason prediction

Week 1- @Tampa Bay W Actual Result: L
Week 2- Kansas City W Actual Result: L
Week 3- @Baltimore L Actual Result: L
Week 4- Cincinnati L Actual Result: W
Week 5- Atlanta L Actual Result: L
Week 6- @ Pittsburgh W* Actual Result: L
Week 7- @New Orleans L Actual Result: W
Week 8- Bye
Week 9- New England L
Week 10- NY Jets L
Week 11- @Jacksonville W
Week 12- Carolina W
Week 13- @Miami W
Week 14- @Buffalo W
Week 15- @Cincinnati L
Week 16- Baltimore L
Week 17- Pittsburgh L

Overall Record: 7-9*(1-5)* Current Record: 1-3

*Under the assumption that Roethlisberger will actually have serve his entire suspension

Thanks for reading and please comment.

-Michael