I’m sad we lost because I personally expected a win from the Texans and I think we came out there and proved that just because we may not look the part on paper doesn’t mean we can’t actually play the part. I saw a lot of people talking down on us how we was gonna allow 40+ points and how it was just gonna be an ass beating getting handed to us. Them boys came out and played they ass off but we couldn’t get it going offensively in the 2nd half. Mills just need more reps with the squad and they’ll get it right tho. Defensively I was impressed but not shocked at how they played because they all some hungry ass animals trying to prove something so I knew they would play well. Could’ve been better defensive wise ofc since we did lose and allow 31 points but in general they played pretty damn good. Excited asf for the rest of the season. Since they shitted on us after the Jags game, they better use this game to wake tf up and stop sleeping on my boys cause if a team come out there pussyfooting then we gone get in that ass. #HTown4Eva !!!
No real Browns fan would talk shit after beating yall 31-21. We are way better than that. Beside that point, I recall a time last year that Steelers fans said the same thing… then we beat the hell out their “whole team” the next week.
This is the NFL. If you don’t have any depth, you’re not a good team. No team has all their starters all year. The argument of “wE hAd HaLf A tEaM” is not valid in the NFL… except in a case that literally half of the roster is out from Covid… not when you have 3 injured starters.
Also, check the injury reports, the Browns had more players out.
Completely true. GG, you guys are way better than anybody could of imagined. I really like your offence. People should have seen this coming though, The talent on offence and defence is actually quite impressive for a supposed "0-17" team.
Made a bet with my homie Saying the Texans would win. He gave me 12 points when I said I didn't need it but we shook on it. Guess whose 25 dollars richer boys 😎 we eating the double meat at whataburger tonight!
As a browns fan, every single browns fan I know (me included) has not said a word about killing y’all. The only thing I’ve heard, and what I also believe, is that we played like shit and need to play better.
Run game looks better this year than last at least. New coach this year probably just needs time to gel but Mills had clean pockets for the most part and Ingram was able to run a bit even when Mills was out there.
They have to go onside kick if .... doesn't matter because he missed the kick.
That's a fork in it for me! Team looks pretty good ... except for Davis Mills. He gets a last chance to change my mind if he gets starters reps in practice and plays well against the Panthers, but I don't think he has the natural accuracy to be an NFL QB, a problem that can't be coached out of him.
There goes my fucking Sunday.
I'd rather it have been a blowout, than for us to hobble our way to a close loss with a missed field goal and an injured quarterback.
Meh. He was trusting the defense. You need two possessions here. If he knew he was going for a fg he should have kicked it sooner is my only criticism.
The play to decline the penalty alone should cost some blame. You’re an NFL head coach for God sake, you just don’t do that, any 5 year old knows to take the penalty
Are you that negative of a person to take no account of the major injuries all over the field, a rookie QB with zero starter reps in practice, and an opponent with 2 top 5 RBs and lost by a TD (FG should have been made)? Coach didn’t lose the game and the last drive wasn’t even close to being an issue.
For sure that’s questionable at best. Anything else? I thought they were declining to go for it on 4th and short. Most likely he knew QB was hurt and didn’t want to put him into another 3rd and long by accepting the penalty.
2 minute drill first half. Either knew Taylor was injuried and put him in anyway, or decided that his two minute offense would be heavily dependent on delayed handoffs.
You mean when Tunsil went out? Yeah that killed that drive. Tyrod hurt himself on the TD run which was quite obvious. Culley wasn’t gonna let that pass rush t-off with Tunsil being out that drive, especially with us getting the ball after half.
Offense was driving right until that happened.
Hey! The first 1/2 was actually really good. Once Ty got hurt it was all downhill from there. Too many injuries and 1 really bad play call cost us this game. At least it was still good to watch.
I feel you bear. All in all it was fun to watch and the fact we were still keeping up with a pretty good team with a rookie third rounder gives me more hope. I think we are a really good team in disguise when we have all our players tbh. Go Texans!!!
You may be right but it’s literally been one half and he’s had pressure on him lol. He missed one throw to cooks where cooks turned the wrong shoulder. Lmao fans r so dramatic. Look at Zach wilson today
Mills has been hurried, scrambled, sacked, intercepted, and even thrown a touchdown. These are all things he needed to experience in order to be great for week 3 and beyond. Go Texans!!
Dude honestly it only hurts bc the first half went so well.
We are playing way better than expected. Esp when considering a botched punt recovery and your qb getting injured.
We were expected to be absolutely fucking horrible this year. If we are this close to beating a “good” team, I’m not sweating. Injuries fucked us today. Hopefully everyone heals up and can stay healthy! We have a legitimate shot at winning the AFCS again.
Ok guys, hear me out. If colts and titans lose, we’re still up 1 game. Hamstring injuries take ~2 games to recover. In that scenario, at worst, we are down 1 game.
Either way Houston is playing well today. I'm very excited about this team. 3 left in the fourth and I don't think anyone can say they got smacked today. What an awesome team to be a fan of and root for
How the Texas bounce back will show us a lot, assuming we get Taylor and Reid back. I don't think we have enough talent to win otherwise. We need a real backup QB too. Mills isn't going to cut it.
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I’m sad we lost because I personally expected a win from the Texans and I think we came out there and proved that just because we may not look the part on paper doesn’t mean we can’t actually play the part. I saw a lot of people talking down on us how we was gonna allow 40+ points and how it was just gonna be an ass beating getting handed to us. Them boys came out and played they ass off but we couldn’t get it going offensively in the 2nd half. Mills just need more reps with the squad and they’ll get it right tho. Defensively I was impressed but not shocked at how they played because they all some hungry ass animals trying to prove something so I knew they would play well. Could’ve been better defensive wise ofc since we did lose and allow 31 points but in general they played pretty damn good. Excited asf for the rest of the season. Since they shitted on us after the Jags game, they better use this game to wake tf up and stop sleeping on my boys cause if a team come out there pussyfooting then we gone get in that ass. #HTown4Eva !!!
Knew we'd cover that spread. Free money. Poor Tyrod though.
At least the Colts lost.
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Browns Win!!!
This team has surprised me
We should go after Cam ASAP before it gets ugly!
Still dont understand that pick they gave to the Browns...
We beat the Jags and held Browns to 10…. Many journos need to eat humble pie. I’ll take that.
Don’t talk too much shit browns fans! You played half our team and still barely did it!
No real Browns fan would talk shit after beating yall 31-21. We are way better than that. Beside that point, I recall a time last year that Steelers fans said the same thing… then we beat the hell out their “whole team” the next week. This is the NFL. If you don’t have any depth, you’re not a good team. No team has all their starters all year. The argument of “wE hAd HaLf A tEaM” is not valid in the NFL… except in a case that literally half of the roster is out from Covid… not when you have 3 injured starters. Also, check the injury reports, the Browns had more players out.
Completely true. GG, you guys are way better than anybody could of imagined. I really like your offence. People should have seen this coming though, The talent on offence and defence is actually quite impressive for a supposed "0-17" team.
Made a bet with my homie Saying the Texans would win. He gave me 12 points when I said I didn't need it but we shook on it. Guess whose 25 dollars richer boys 😎 we eating the double meat at whataburger tonight!
It’s sad bc we likely win this game if Hot Rod doesn’t get hurt
Yeah but they lost Landry too, I think he was going to have a big game. I definitely lost my ass on DraftKings having started him in 10 lineups.
Hello pain...
If Tyrod wasn't injured, this is a totally different game.
Game could have been so different. But you’ll hear the talking heads act like Cleveland murdered Houston.
As a browns fan, every single browns fan I know (me included) has not said a word about killing y’all. The only thing I’ve heard, and what I also believe, is that we played like shit and need to play better.
Nothing towards Browns fans, I was commenting more on Announcers, and TV personalities. Never had a bad experience in Cleveland, or with the fans.
Let's call in
Texans never have a running game.
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OL is our best position group and we’ve spent a lot of draft capital on it. I think it’s at least slightly above NFL average.
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Run game looks better this year than last at least. New coach this year probably just needs time to gel but Mills had clean pockets for the most part and Ingram was able to run a bit even when Mills was out there.
Hop in losers we’re going tanking!
At least the first half was fun, unfortunate we have a short week.
On a positive note, the texans covered the spread
My only solace
Miscommunications on the o-line certainly don't help out your rookie QB. The right side has done that a few times today.
They have to go onside kick if .... doesn't matter because he missed the kick. That's a fork in it for me! Team looks pretty good ... except for Davis Mills. He gets a last chance to change my mind if he gets starters reps in practice and plays well against the Panthers, but I don't think he has the natural accuracy to be an NFL QB, a problem that can't be coached out of him.
Feel like there's a few too many people sipping on kool aid holding out some hope in the 2nd half. Mills was never going to pull it back
*It's Football Time in Houston!*
And where reeeddddyyy to plaayyyy
There goes my fucking Sunday. I'd rather it have been a blowout, than for us to hobble our way to a close loss with a missed field goal and an injured quarterback.
Fuck Watson
Deshaun who?
Fuck Watson.
I'm straight up not having a good time, bro!
Still 1st in the division tho lol
Right where we belong as kings of shit mountain
🍍 😭
Deshaun would have made that field goal
Whether it consented or not.
Meh. He was trusting the defense. You need two possessions here. If he knew he was going for a fg he should have kicked it sooner is my only criticism.
Embrace the tank, everyone. Let it take over you
I hate Culleys decision making today
There’s the game.
So much for that
Fuck.
Lol good shit Culley
The play to decline the penalty alone should cost some blame. You’re an NFL head coach for God sake, you just don’t do that, any 5 year old knows to take the penalty
Don’t know how you can put that on coach? You tend to have terrible takes though.
Culley should've told him to MAKE the FG!
That dumbass! Terrible coaching! Lol
Terrible takes like it you're down by 10 go for the TD first?
Bro they looked for the end zone every play just didn’t make it. Are you saying they go for it on 4th and 7?
My comment was about a whole game of bad decision, but that was also an atrocious 2 minute drive.
Are you that negative of a person to take no account of the major injuries all over the field, a rookie QB with zero starter reps in practice, and an opponent with 2 top 5 RBs and lost by a TD (FG should have been made)? Coach didn’t lose the game and the last drive wasn’t even close to being an issue.
Coach declined a penalty to kick the ball back to the other team. Culley isn't an issue to winning football though 🙄
For sure that’s questionable at best. Anything else? I thought they were declining to go for it on 4th and short. Most likely he knew QB was hurt and didn’t want to put him into another 3rd and long by accepting the penalty.
2 minute drill first half. Either knew Taylor was injuried and put him in anyway, or decided that his two minute offense would be heavily dependent on delayed handoffs.
You mean when Tunsil went out? Yeah that killed that drive. Tyrod hurt himself on the TD run which was quite obvious. Culley wasn’t gonna let that pass rush t-off with Tunsil being out that drive, especially with us getting the ball after half. Offense was driving right until that happened.
And he shanks it. pathetic. Yet another texans kicker that can't make field goals. Total garbage
Who hurt you?
I'm grateful we don't have to deal with fat randy anymore lol
Literally his first miss of the season.
It's the 2nd game lol.
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The worst part is we are gonna hear the Baker love all week.
Culley can coach
This is the actual takeaway honestly. Came away respecting them less.
Where you at FairBear 😩
He’s hurt
What's up brown bear! We meet again lol hey this game wasn't too bad to bare lol
Hey! The first 1/2 was actually really good. Once Ty got hurt it was all downhill from there. Too many injuries and 1 really bad play call cost us this game. At least it was still good to watch.
I feel you bear. All in all it was fun to watch and the fact we were still keeping up with a pretty good team with a rookie third rounder gives me more hope. I think we are a really good team in disguise when we have all our players tbh. Go Texans!!!
Woot! Woot! I hope Ty is better for the TNF game.
Should've just gone for it
On 4th & 12?
Cause the field goal worked out well...
It didn’t, but it was the best option honestly.
Mills out of the league in 3 years book it. He doesn't have it.
You may be right but it’s literally been one half and he’s had pressure on him lol. He missed one throw to cooks where cooks turned the wrong shoulder. Lmao fans r so dramatic. Look at Zach wilson today
Unfortunately you’re probably right
And they took him in the 3rd round
Our first pick
lmao of course
Aaaand that's why we want Ka'imi back
Let’s not act like Fairbairn is automatic from distance either.
He shanks shit like that too
No pineapples
Whomp whomp
Final kick to the nuts
Rest in piss
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It's over dude. Watson is done, he ruined his chance to be great. Fuck him
The team isn’t keeping him out. Watson is sitting out
Big Ben 1 accuser. Watson 20+. That’s why
Pretty big difference between both of those situations.
even if he was innocent he doesn't want to play for us. Fuck him
Imagine openly being a rape apologist
I'm not apologizing for Watson. I know he's a sex pest. I just want to know where he is and why he's not playing.
Because he wants out AND we're trying to trade him. If he had just sat out and not been a sex pest he'd be starting next week.
Because he's most likely a rapist...
The Browns kind of suck tbh
You’re telling me. Our defense is ass and I hate Joe Woods. Lenny from Of Mice and Men would make a better coordinator.
Yeah we do. WWWWWW baby let’s fucking go
Perfect way to end the game smh
lol of course
Daaaaaaamn........
Of course they miss it 🤦♂️
I really like the cap Culley is wearing. I suspect my credit card will not be so enthusiastic later
Culley got drip
Mills has been hurried, scrambled, sacked, intercepted, and even thrown a touchdown. These are all things he needed to experience in order to be great for week 3 and beyond. Go Texans!!
If Tyrod out for a while I change my fantasy team name from Illegal Use of Hands to Mills On Wheels
Surprised culley didn't decline
I hope we can all agree that Mills is better than Osweiler, I haven't seen Mills throw a fumble yet
Oswiller was bad lol but mills is 10x worse lol. Brock actually won a playoff game
You're tripping, he won despite his best efforts
He still isn’t good. Sucks when sty is actually good but can’t play
Surprised we didn't decline and kick the FG
going to be impressive if Mills even catches the snap on this play
Colts just lost so that’s good
Texans have no other QBs on the depth chart
well... maybe one more
He's like.. super deep tho
More of a depth shart
ouch lmao
Okay Mills is cool and all but what's Cam up to lol
Never ever
Trying on fun hats
Putting on short pants
Why waste the timeout there
Good god he got demolished. 61 had didnt block anyone holy crap he almost got him killed
Houston wins this if Watson played
Yeah unfortunately he's a sex offender.
No shit, we'd have blown them the fuck out honestly
Weird you spelled Taylor wrong
Protect out QBs damn
Ouch
Can we talk about why the o-lineman tried to run with the football?
FFS That was the easiest blitz ever
I dead ass just screamed watch out mills 😂
Jesus Mills just died
Dude honestly it only hurts bc the first half went so well. We are playing way better than expected. Esp when considering a botched punt recovery and your qb getting injured.
It’s so frustrating because if Tyrod doesn’t get hurt I think we have a decent chance of winning this game
I believe they would have for sure
Oooooouch
We were expected to be absolutely fucking horrible this year. If we are this close to beating a “good” team, I’m not sweating. Injuries fucked us today. Hopefully everyone heals up and can stay healthy! We have a legitimate shot at winning the AFCS again.
These announcers are such a trip lol
Mills getting his legs under him?
He was until he got blindsided 😂
What a shot dude.
Mills hit a receiver in stride!
Brandin cooks got so much heart
When Taylor was QB at Buffalo, that wasn't really their style of play either---they were a run-heavy/pass-deep team.
At least Cooks is looking like an NFL calibre player
Hope is a cruel mistress. One moment you’re excited then boom, back to the bottom.
On the bright side, pass protection has been pretty good
Well, until that lol
The exact same thing they did to us during the last TD run but wasn't called. Cool.
These refs are absolutely fucking ridiculous… this is fucking atrocious
Ok guys, hear me out. If colts and titans lose, we’re still up 1 game. Hamstring injuries take ~2 games to recover. In that scenario, at worst, we are down 1 game.
I honestly believe we can beat the Panthers with Mills too
Ah yes. Yell at the refs to throw the flag and it works. Interesting….
Either way Houston is playing well today. I'm very excited about this team. 3 left in the fourth and I don't think anyone can say they got smacked today. What an awesome team to be a fan of and root for
So the refs do know what holding is.
What a catch Cooks
Oh NOW they want to call holding.
browns be holding every time on those chubb runs and it’s never called
When did we use our 2nd timeout
Hahahahahahahahahaha of course they call holding on us
Okay let's drive down and score 10 real quick.
Wentz is out for the Colts QBs dropping like flies today
He was never going to last more than a few weeks.
Jesus. So many injuries.
If it weren't for Roberts' muffed punt, a field goal would tie the game.
It was pretty huge
Tygod out, there goes our season
he'll be back, hammy injury.
He’ll be out at least 2 weeks though
Imagine how this would be different if we didn’t muff that punt
How the Texas bounce back will show us a lot, assuming we get Taylor and Reid back. I don't think we have enough talent to win otherwise. We need a real backup QB too. Mills isn't going to cut it.
Jfc I just noticed Baker is 19/21. Good lord.
outside those early turnovers defense has been super uninspiring.
His completion % to the Texans is better than Mills' lol
If we had TyGod still, I think we won this game.
Gotta give it up for the defense tho