

It also doesn't help the Browns that Belichick knows Brissett pretty well since he coached the quarterback during his rookie year in the NFL. He's averaging just 212 yards per game through the air this year and he's thrown at least one interception in three of Cleveland's past four games (The Browns have lost all three games where he's thrown an interception). I think the Patriots are going to go all-in to stop the run: They're not going to let Cleveland's best offensive player (Chubb) beat them, which means if the Browns are going to win, Brissett's going to have to dice up the Patriots defense, which isn't great news for the Browns, because Brissett isn't the type of guy who can dice up a defense. On paper, I feel like the Browns have the better team, but I feel like the Patriots have the coaching advantage and I also feel like Belichick has had half his coaching staff breaking down Browns film for the past five months just so he can embarrass them again.īelichick's specialty is taking away what his opponent does best, and this week, I'm thinking that means he's going to do everything possible to shut down Nick Chubb, which will put a lot of pressure on Jacoby Brissett. The Commanders have given up the second-most passing touchdowns and opposing quarterbacks have a QB rating of over 100 when playing against Washington, and what all of this means is that if the Bears can't throw the ball on the Commanders, they're probably not going to be able to throw the ball on anyone this year.Īfter watching the Colts beat the Broncos last week, I was pretty sure that I had just witnessed the worst Thursday night game in football history and although that could end up being true, I'm going to reserve judgment on that until after this game is played.
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At some point before Thursday night, the Bears need to download some passing plays off the internet, because they might actually be able to use them while going up against a Commanders defense that has struggled to stop the pass this year. The crazy part about this week is that if there's one game this season where the Bears passing attack might actually show up, it's this one. At least they threw the ball forward back then. The Brandon, Manitoba native retired after the 1998-99 season and now works for the Kings organization.I'd say the Bears are setting football back 95 years, but I used that joke last week, and also, that would be an insult to football that was played 95 years ago. By the time he returned to Philadelphia in 1994-95, he was just an average starting NHL goalie. After six seasons with the Flyers, he was traded to Quebec and then to the Islanders. Unfortunately, he couldn't sustain the excellence he displayed early in his career. Hextall had an unbelievable rookie year, winning the Vezina Trophy and the Conn Smythe Trophy while leading the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Final. In fact, Hextall earned three suspensions of at least six games during his career. He was known for hacking opposing players with his stick and being unafraid to retaliate when opponents hit him. The Flyers netminder accumulated more than 100 penalty minutes in each of his first three NHL seasons, something unprecedented for a goaltender. Hextall got physical with opponents, had a fiery temper and spent a lot of time trying to score goals, not just trying to prevent them.



Ron Hextall was one of the most exciting players ever to play goal in the National Hockey League.
