Browns17

Their secondary now is almost as bad as the Browns, James Harrison is a beast and Farrior is Farrio but I don't think Larry Foote, Woodley or Timmons will be as good as typical Steeler linebackers. Their D-Line is solid but has absolutely no depth. i.e. when Aaron Smith went down last year, their defense was no where near the same. You can't go through a season thinking your defensive line is not gonna get injured, when D-Linemen are always getting banged up.

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nugget maxwell

listen i never said the cleveland offense was gonna fall off the map... just do not look for the same big top 5 in the NFL stats or big games from the same key players on your team like last season... and as for the defense, it has gotten slower and worse i feel to keep them in games, if anything look for alot of shootout games like the cinncy one last season.

and as for the Browns against the Steelers rivalry???
haha look how good the Browns looked last season... and we still swept them!

steelers have basically the same team, but with an even more boosted offense for big ben, with weapons like Mendenhall and Sweed.

nugget maxwell

and obvisously you have not seen any steelers pre season games... cause timmons might be the best young LB in the league. so much improved in only his 2nd season. and with all that still it keeps him off our 1st string defense, so far... haha

MesaRunner

Yeah, The Browns just cant and wont keep up with the Steelers this year. Their secondary is terrible, Big Ben will put up 6 touchdowns in those two games IMO.

K2 4MVP22

They are key players for a reason, and that's because they can produce. You can say they won't have the stats but the only reason would be, because they play a more tough schedule this year than they did last year. Steelers do to so don't look for them to throw up the greatest numbers either. Am I saying they won't score? No, i'm saying they aren't going to score as much as you think.

Can you please tell me where our defense ranked last year? I wouldn't doubt the steelers beat us twice again but the margins are going to be closer(If our defense can mesh, like our offense did last year).

As for Mendenhall and Sweed. Mendenhall is on his way to taking away Willie Parker's carries because they don't want to give the ball to someone who can't put the ball in the end zone. Mendenhall can carry the load, he could rush for 1,000 yards and score more than 2 TD's. So, look for Willie to be on his way out. Sweed, what are you guys gonna do run spread formations all the time with Mendenhall? I don't think so. Sweed will be used but who do you think he's gonna replace? He's there to replace Ward, and they are bringing in that big reciever that reminds us of who? Plaxico Burress.

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