Browns – Colts

By STEVE KING

The Browns have proven beyond any shadow of a doubt that they can be not only competitive in high-scoring games, but also win them.

The evidence is the fact they have beaten, in order, on their three-game winning streak the Cincinnati Bengals 35-30, the Washington Football Team 38-20 and the Dallas Cowboys 49-38 last Sunday.

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That has, then, obviously served them well thus far, and will continue to do so going forward since the NFL is built for offense, and points.
But can they win a low-scoring game?

We’ll soon find out, because in their next two games, on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts at FirstEnergy Stadium, and then against the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday at Heinz Field, they will be facing quite possibly the two best defenses not just in the AFC, but also the league overall.

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The Colts and great defense have not been used much in the same sentence for quite some time, but they have been dominant on that side of the ball this season in compiling a 3-1 record, the same as the Browns.

And there’s something else to consider in this game. At the start of the year, a good number of the so-called “experts” were pegging the Browns to finish 9-7, which would definitely put them into at least the hunt to earn a wild-card spot in the playoff field that has been expanded to seven teams in each conference. With the record they have now, all the Browns would have to do over the remaining 12 games to reach that would be to have just a .500 mark, 6-6.

OK, but is that all you want, Browns fans, simply a little-bit-better-than-break-even mark that maybe, possibly gets them into the postseason?
Or, with this good start, have you raised your expectations and now want more, and better?

You’d like to think that with the foundation that General Manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski are building, that the Browns can be good for the foreseeable future. But there is no guarantee that that will happen.

As such, wouldn’t you rather see the Browns take advantage of what is, so far, a great opportunity?

I sure would. Why not strike while the iron is hot?

But enough of that for the time being. The Browns have to beat the Colts, a good team with that great defense, to keep this thing going, and it sure won’t be easy.