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Who shines against the Cleveland Browns

By Will Lomas

Oct 2, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed (86) scores a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns during the first half at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 2, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed (86) scores a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns during the first half at FedEx Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /
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Pro Football Focus is a great research tool when heading into uncommon games like this. Specifically, they do game recaps where they talk about which players graded highest for each team per game.

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One thing I am going to try to do going forward, is figure out where the opposing teams are weak and which other positions are having the most success to see if those same positions will have success for the Tennessee Titans.

So here is what I have gathered from Pro Football Focus on who has success against the Cleveland Browns.

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    • Tight Ends

    Nothing seems to plague the Cleveland Browns on either side of the ball than a good tight end. Heck, you really don’t even need to be a good tight end, just be a tight end.

    In five games, five tight ends cracked the list of the top five offensive players against the Cleveland Browns.

    Now, to be fair they did go against Rob Gronkowski, Jordan Reed and Zach Ertz. However, they also struggled with guys like Dennis Pitta from Baltimore and Dion Sims for Miami. Honestly, you didn’t even know that last one was a real NFL player and we played Miami last week!

    While a lot of things in this offense have changed, one thing that hasn’t is Marcus Mariota’s love for Delanie Walker. To be fair, why would it? So far this year he is the team’s leading receiver and consistently gets open over the middle.

    In case you didn’t know, Walker also is 5th in the NFL among tight ends in yards per game. He also has 6 catches of 20+ yards, which is 2nd in the NFL among tight ends.

    With Jace Amaro having the ability to play in a pinch and Anthony Fasano as one of the league’s better TE2s, these tight ends could have a field day through the air.

    Likewise, as blockers there is a lot of evidence to say that the edge rushers for the Cleveland Browns may be a soft spot on their defense. With Jack Conklin and Taylor Lewan playing very well outside, you could see a lot of tight end/tackle combo blocks trying to get DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry on the outside.

    The Titans should love a team that is susceptible to the tight end and right now the Cleveland Browns are allowing the opposing team’s top tight end to have stats like this:

    Week 1: 6 receptions, 58 yards

    Week 2: 9 receptions, 102 yards

    Week 3: 4 receptions, 46 yards

    Week 4: 9 receptions, 73 yards, 2 TDs

    Week 5: 5 receptions, 109 yards

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    In all five games the Browns have allowed the other team’s top tight end to go for 46 yards or more. On average, the top opposing tight end gets over 6 catches per game for 77 yards.

    So, if Delanie Walker is a full go expect Marcus Mariota to look his way early and often against the Browns on Sunday.

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