IT’S DÉJÀ VU AS 49ERS BLOW OUT BROWNS

By STEVE KING

The Browns made enough mistakes – turnovers, missed tackles, absolutely no run defense, poor and often times non-existent pass blocking, and  head-scratching decisions on both the field and on the sideline — for four or five games when they played the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Monday Night Football.

So it’s absolutely no surprise, then, that they got crushed 31-3 – and it wasn’t even that close. Make absolutely no mistake about it in that it was a complete and unmitigated disaster.

That will be what everyone will be focusing on – and rightfully so, and understandably so — in the five days leading up to Sunday’s visit to FirstEnergy Stadium by the Seattle Seahawks.

But as per the way of brownsdailydose.com, I’m not going to follow the crowd. I’m going to take the road less traveled for what I’m going to ponder.

I saw this game before between the Browns and 49ers, only the other way around.

It was just over 26 years ago, on Sept. 13, 1993, when the 49ers came to Cleveland Stadium to face the Browns on Monday Night Football. Before a raucous crowd of 78,218 on a hot, steamy late-summer evening, the Browns throttled the favored 49ers 23-13 – and, similarly, it wasn’t even that close.

The Browns played hard, fast and intelligently. They seemed to be a step – or two or three or four — ahead of the 49ers throughout the game. The 49ers never forced the action. They were reacting to everything the Browns did. It looked like the junior varsity against the varsity.

The teams reversed roles Monday night. It was the Browns who looked slow and reactionary and were completely overwhelmed.

It was ugly – really, really ugly.

And embarrassing – very, very embarrassing.

Just like the 49ers did in 1993, the Browns humiliated themselves on national TV.

So, then, where do the Browns go from here?

First and foremost, back to the drawing board.