Only 3 or 4 teams unbeaten after this week.

We can win this game by 20 points. Cleveland is a bit banged up. Peyton Hillis is still sick, and that both Sheldon Brown and Josh Cribbs have groin injuries they'll have to push through to play. Even better is that NT Phil Taylor will be slowed down by an MCL sprain.

We'll have our hands full with Ben Watson and Montario Hardesty, IMO both are very underrated. And with Mr. Check Down McCoy throwing, those 2 guys will have some good numbers.

 

I'm not overlooking any team that we play. I made that mistake in the opener and Jacksonville decided they wanted to play the best defensive game they've played in the past few years and totally rain on our parade.

Cleveland is still Cleveland but our undisciplined defense showed flashes of its old self and that scares the sh!+ out of me. We have a lot to be proud of and we have a lot to work on. That said, we should match up well against Cleveland so this is gonna be a good game for sure.

Takes me back to the old AFC Central days.

 

The team is gaining in confidence, post game interviews yesterday you heard players saying that they are a good team and flying under the radar of the rest of the league.

 

Cleveland makes me nervous because the team has a tendency to play down or up to its opponents.

 

I agree, Cleveland is in a very similiar spot we are right now. I think our biggest edge is our veteran leadership. I give us a slight edge, but do not "expect" a win. Thats how the Ravens lost to us and how we lost to the Jags.

 

Titans will lead the AFC South at 4PM next sunday. Texans are going to get toasted by the Steelers and Titans are going to toast the Browns.

 

Cleveland doesn't have very good receivers so i expect our secondary to lock them down.

 

How does Cleveland play down to their opponents?

 

I see this being a close game...maybe 23-20 or something like that. If our O line starts to block (I have started sentences like this for 2 seasons now, so there is no reason to trust this will happen) for the run, I think that CJ can finally have his big game here (he needs to find his run game outside of Nashville IMO). Hassleback will also look good in this game IMO.

However, McCoy is a winner, so I do not see them laying down in this game.

Going to be tight...tighter than people predict IMO.