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Zac Jackson and Friends

Let's Not Declare The Browns Dead Yet (Even Though They Probably Are)

Zac Jackson and Friends

Blue Wire

Sports

4.7 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Zac Jackson talks you through the transition from last week's loss in Baltimore to this week's game vs. Green Bay, then he's joined by Supreme Football Nerd Lance Reisland for a discussion on the areas in which the Browns are REALLY failing vs. which areas still might have some positives. Remember, it's still only mid-September. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Good morning. Welcome back to Zach Jackson and friends. I am Zach Jackson. I will be joined eventually by my friend Lance Risland, Cleveland.com's film guy and a full-on football nerd who watches the game at a different level than a lot of us do. Lance always has keen insight. He loves the Browns. He loves the league. He loves the little

0:23.2

details of football. And really cool to have him come back on for a second time and talk about

0:28.0

some things he's seen. So we've seen some things, right? For 26 years, for two weeks,

0:34.0

for just really this calendar year.

0:42.8

This organization never fails to amaze.

0:50.2

Now, the reality is nobody's sane, nobody outside that locker room, expected the Browns to go to Baltimore and win.

0:53.0

Did you hope for a little more competitive product?

0:57.0

Are you disappointed in the special teams, in the offense, in the overall direction,

1:03.2

in the fact that you're supposed to keep it close and you just got embarrassed?

1:07.3

Sure, all of those things.

1:10.5

You know, I always say that the number one thing that ruins good preseason analysis as actual games.

1:16.3

And every year, and this is still going to happen, I promise you guys, right?

1:20.0

There's going to be a player, there's going to be an area of the team that end up being way better than any of us thought, right?

1:27.0

There's going to be a player, there's going to be an area of the team that end up being way better than any of us thought, right? There's going to be a player.

1:27.9

There's going to be an area of the team that end up being worse than we thought.

1:32.4

There's going to be a surprise result along the way.

1:36.1

There's going to be a surprise breakout along the way.

1:40.4

There's going to be a flash in the pan that doesn't last.

1:43.4

There's going to be a guy come out of nowhere and play his way into the plans.

1:48.6

I promise that right now really is too early to panic. And I will just address this head on by saying,

1:56.7

I 100% believe that the Browns view benching Joe Flacco as a panic move, and they're not going to do it from a big picture scale right now on September 16th, not even to week three of the season.

2:11.6

I fully support that line of thinking.

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