Garrett practiced two days last week on a limited basis and was listed as questionable, but the Browns chose to hold him out.
This isn't football, this is nonsense. In total, Garrett played only eighteen snaps this past Sunday.
The speedy edge rusher and athletic phenom will finally line up Sunday for the winless Browns as they face the New York Jets, a team tabbed to be one of the league's worst but has surprised and is showing signs of life.
Nothing, however, is easy for these Browns. "A loss by three points - that sucks extra bad". They also missed two field goals.
The Jets (3-2) regained the lead, 10-7, before the quarter ended when they cashed in an interception by cornerback Morris Claiborne, who returned the ball 28 yards to the Browns' 13-yard line. Browns coach Hue Jackson has posted a 1-19 record since becoming coach in 2016. Have thoughts on how the Browns and Jets are performing? It didn't help that McCown was sacked three times and had no running game for support.
"We weren't functioning as well as we can".
"That is the decision I made", Jackson said.
Al Saunders? Great wide receivers coach, but his last stint as a head coach was from 1986 to 1988 with the San Diego Chargers, going 17-22. When one underachieves, it can drag down both. Alas, Tom Brady is slightly better than the dynamic duo of Kizer and Hogan. Jets coach Todd Bowles said Powell will undergo tests Monday to determine the extent of the injury. Rather than kick the tying field goal, Jackson chose to go for it and called up a horrendous play call to do it.
Jimmy Haslam, who fired Rob Chudzinski after one season and Mike Pettine after two years, has preached patience with the current Browns regime. "Four or five more TDs we should have had, but then the other team suddenly has the ball". But good God, was the roller coaster worth it: Nothing quite like skin in the game to make the Jet's inability to tank correctly entertaining. The Browns are heading down still another familiar, and nightmarish road.
"Frustrated for sure", Kizer said. If you get to the quarterback and about to tackle him and he intentionally throws it away, why wouldn't that count as a sack? Duke Johnson made an fantastic touchdown to put some from fluff on the loss, but the decision to call timeout and go for it on fourth down was the deciding factor in the game. "To me, it might have given us a chance to win the game". They had a good scheme, and they made some good plays to stop our running game. In their last two victories, they are only giving up 14 points per game and averaging over 6.0 yards per play on offense. They ultimately missed the field goals from 45-yards. Schobert has proven to be a strong run defender in his first year starting with the Browns, but opposing quarterbacks have learned they can beat him when they get him isolated in pass coverage. Instead the Browns tried to get the first down on a run by Crowell, which didn't work. Also notice that the Jets commit two players to blocking Garrett, which speaks to the respect he already commands as an National Football League pass rusher.
"I would love to see that happen", Jackson said.
The Jets did exactly that.
Rookie DeShone Kizer has failed to complete 50 percent in any of his past three games and has eight interceptions and just three touchdowns on the season.
"We want to win", Jackson said, "but this is where we are: 0-5".
