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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yes, the OL has been banged up. Sunday will be the healthiest it has been in about two months. Starting LT Eric Fisher had some nagging injuries that affected his play, and subRT Mike Rammers had a back issue.
They're still down two starters from Day 1 of the season - LG Osemele and All-Pro RT Mitchell Schwartz - but this will be the best it's been or will be unless Schwartz miraculously returns during the playoffs.
New Orleans has a great front four with three studs (Hendrickson, Jordan, and Rankins) and gave Mahomes a lot of pressure, but he worked free of it. Cleveland is going to need more than just Garret to consistently pressure Mahomes or pressure him enough to cause real issues. Would be a big day for Sheldon Richardson to step up and make plays...
KC will blitz, but Spagnuolo is really creative in showing a lot of potential blitzers and disguising who is actually coming - and how. It's not a typical mad blitzing package, and that disguise has given a lot of QBs trouble in finding hot routes against it.
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great insight
this will be the first game the browns have had the entire Oline together since early in the season went stretches without Teller #1 rated guard in the nfl , wills, conklin and bitonio have been in and out of the lineup.
they have missed the WR hodge last week as well he is the only deep threat 6'2 4.39 40. all the other receivers are more timing/ route guys but not fast.
hoping they will get hodge and bitonio back today or tomorrow off the covid list.
over the last 3 weeks its been close to 1/2 the entire coaching staff and close to 20 players on the covid list.
today they will have their 2nd practice for the week matching the amount they had over the 3 weeks prior combined as the facility was shut down almost every day.
just a couple reasons they struggled down the stretch.