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Below Larry Ogunjobi Color Rush Jersey , we analyze the snap counts and stats on offense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 14 game against the Carolina Panthers.QuarterbackPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsFeeling dangerous? That’s the norm now for Baker Mayfield, who had just four incompletions, two of which I remember were dropped passes by his receivers. The accuracy combined with the velocity from Mayfield is so scary good for a rookie that I don’t know what to do with myself as a fan. Is this real life?Per PFF, Mayfield was the highest-graded quarterback in the NFL in Week 14.Running BackPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsThe perplexing element of the Browns’ offense the past few weeks is this: it’s working, but Duke Johnson really hasn’t been utilized much as a receiver. This week, he wasn’t targeted on a single pass. Maybe the fact that he missed most of the practice week played a role in not having him in the gameplan?Nick Chubb continues to impress as both a runner and a receiver. He nearly came down with Jarvis Landry’s trick play pass to the end zone too.Dontrell Hilliard received a series of work and had two dumpoff passes thrown to him.Wide ReceiverPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsWhat an all-purpose day for Jarvis Landry! He went for the hat trick of touchdowns, but just barely missed out on the passing touchdown. I know people said it was a dangerous throw, but it was an aggressive one-on-one situation that ended up hitting the receiver in the hands first. Landry’s touchdown catch was great, and the formation in which he received both handoffs was gold. The only negative was the careless nature in which he held the ball to begin the second half, coughing the ball up for a fumble.It was a rough day for Rashard Higgins, who was stripped of the ball on one pass and they dropped a laser that at the very least would’ve put Cleveland in a goal-to-go situation (instead, they settled for a field goal). I give Higgins a pass — these things happen.What a job by Breshad Perriman, who bookended the game with great catches — one in which he went all-out for a 66-yard reception, and the other along the sideline to help bleed some more clock in the final minutes of the game. Antonio Callaway was only targeted once all game and did not have a catch.Tight EndPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsDavid Njoku missed one laser of a pass along the sideline. Now, compared to Higgins’ drop, the pass to Njoku was high. So that falls under the category of “I’d love if he would’ve made that play,” but not one where I will lament on for very long.Orson Charles had a rare catch and is always fired up, no matter what he is doing.Offensive LinePosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsThe Browns allowed 1 sack and 1 quarterback hit. The streak that this unit is on is incredible. As PFF points out, the interior is just rock solid, and that comes even with JC Tretter battling on an ankle injury:Joel Bitonio was the top-graded guard in Week 14 (89.9). The Miami Hurricanes invented the turnover chain. The Browns borrowed that idea.They’ve been stealing everything else lately.With eight interceptions and seven forced fumbles in just five games http://www.brownsfanshop.com/Sione-Takitaki-Jersey , Cleveland’s defense leads the NFL with 15 takeaways — two more than the Browns got during 16 games in their winless 2017 season.The dramatic swing has helped the Browns (2-2-1) turn things around quickly while breeding confidence into a getting-better-by-the-week team that feels like it can do much more than simply compete this season.Creating turnovers has been a major emphasis of bombastic defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who devotes large chunks of practice — Thursday’s workout has been dubbed “Takeaway Thursday” — to drills geared toward getting the football.The Browns work on stripping it, tipping it, recovering it and doing anything in their power to gain possession. Then, they’re doing it in games.“It is what you do as a professional,” said Pro Bowl linebacker Joe Schobert, who has two fumble recoveries and an interception. “You try to take stuff from the practice field to the game, apply it and be able to contribute and do it. The fact that we have been able to do it just shows how hard and how focused everybody on the defense has been this whole offseason and in training camp.“We are just starting to see the rewards of our hard work.”After finishing last in the league with a minus-28 turnover differential last season, the Browns are first at plus-8.They opened the season by forcing six turnovers against Pittsburgh, but failed to capitalize and ended up tying the Steelers 21-21.A plus-5 turnover differential almost always guarantees victory — teams with that margin are 132-4-1 since 1999. But although the Browns came up short, the defense’s showing created confidence.“You just go into the game expecting to get turnovers,” said defensive back T.J. Carrie, part of Cleveland’s revamped secondary. “In this league, quarterbacks and coordinators are so good at not giving up turnovers. So when you can go in as a defensive unit and say, ‘We’re guaranteed three turnovers this game, guaranteed. Play the way we play. Play fast.’ That is contagious to the entire team.”Rookie cornerback Denzel Ward has been Cleveland’s top defensive thief with three interceptions, two in Week 1. He’s also forced a fumble, recovered one and has given the Browns a defender that makes opponents wary.As he prepared to face the Browns on Sunday, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers took special note of Ward, the No. 4 overall pick in this year’s draft.“He obviously has good ball skills Greedy Williams Jersey ,” Rivers said. “If he gets an opportunity, he has made the play on it. It seems to be clear on things, too, that he is pretty savvy back there for a young player. He is not just, ‘Oh, I am playing my coverage and I have my zone.'”The excessive forced turnovers have led to a direct carry-over for Cleveland’s offense, which has been given better field position and more possessions.Rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield said it’s imperative when the defense comes up with a big play, the offense follows with one of its own.“We can really put a stamp on a game when the defense gets turnovers,” said Mayfield, who passed for 342 yards in his second career start last week. “We need to take advantage of when they do get those turnovers. We need to turn those into points and really take the life out of the other team. We just have to continue to feed off of that because it is very rare that you get a defense like that, that has 15 this early.”The Browns’ burglary prompted linebacker Christian Kirksey to copy Miami’s sideline celebration by placing a silver chain with a dangling orange dog bone trinket around neck of any defender who makes a big play.“It’s just something fun to do,” Kirskey said. “Having it around just bring a lot of chemistry for us.”Right now, the Browns are thick as thieves.NOTES: Offensive coordinator Todd Haley finally got to meet Snoop Dogg, who stopped in at Wednesday’s practice. A die-hard Steelers fan, the rapper had been very critical of Haley’s play calling when he coached in Pittsburgh. “We had a couple of rough years there,” Haley said. “It got smoother over the last few and then him being out there and saying that he is a part of the Dawg Pound, we are good now. I can go back to listening to West Coast rap.”___
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