IT'S FINALLY HERE❗️ LET'S GOOO 😤 pic.twitter.com/kngPiC9uGk
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) September 11, 2022
So, the regular-season opener against the Carolina Panthers is here, set for Sunday on the road, so how will the Browns do this year?
They will finish either 7-10 or 8-9 – I’m guessing 7-10 – and will fail to make the playoffs.
I wish I could be more optimistic – I really do, for I would very much like for them to do better – but I just can’t see it.
Yes, they have a ready-made Super Bowl team otherwise, but with their issues at quarterback with game manager Jacoby Brissett as the starter for at least the first 11 games, they are limited in what they can do offensively.
Brissett is not a deep passing threat, so teams will load up the box and stop the run. Defenses will dare the Browns to throw over their heads, and they just won’t be able to do it.
The defense is good – it’s not this dynamic unit that I’ve heard it called by others, but it’s decent – and Cade York will make the kicking better, but those things won’t be able to overcome Brissett.
The modern game is about offense driven by passing, and the Browns simply aren’t strong enough.
They will beat the mediocre Panthers in the opener, but that will spur false hope for the rest of the season that can’t be fulfilled.
Steve King
Browns elevate LB Jordan Kunaszyk and DE Isaac Rochell to active roster – Provided by the Browns Media Center
BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have elevated LB Jordan Kunaszyk and DE Isaac Rochell to the active roster from the practice squad. In addition, WR Michael Woods II (illness, hamstring) was downgraded to out for Sunday’s game.
Kunaszyk (pronounced kuh-NAW-shick) is in his fourth NFL season out of California. Originally signed by the Carolina as an undrafted free agent in 2019, he spent his rookie campaign with the Panthers before spending the past two seasons (2020-21) with Washington. Kunaszyk has appeared in 26 career games and totaled four tackles. He will wear No. 51.
Rochell (pronounced ROW-shell) is in his sixth NFL season out of Notre Dame. Originally a seventh-round pick by the Chargers in 2017, Rochell has spent time with the Chargers (2017-20) and Colts (2021). He has appeared in 63 career games with nine starts and recorded 86 tackles, 9.5 sacks and one interception. He will wear No. 98.
*A club can carry up to 55 players on its roster during a given week by elevating one or two players from its practice squad prior to the transaction deadline that precedes the game. The rule allows teams a larger pool from which to select their 47 or 48 game-day active players. Any player elevated from the practice squad for this purpose will immediately revert to his team’s practice squad the day following the game.
