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The Play Sheet [VIDEO]: How the Browns Defense Smothered the 49ers

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4.14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Ben Solak looks at the turnaround in Cleveland, where the Browns were near dead last in run defense last season, but have skyrocketed to fifth under new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. This past Sunday, a combination of a smothering pass rush, clever alignments, and some new contributors on the Browns defense handed Kyle Shanahan and his 49ers their first loss of the season. Producer: Cory McConnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey howdy. I'm Ben Solac. This is the play sheet. This is our Wednesday episode on the Ringer NFL feed.

0:09.2

So click into your Spotify app. Click on the episode, watch the video, see the plays, have a good time.

0:15.1

The opening script, how the Brown's defense got it done.

0:18.1

Entering week six, the San Francisco 49ers had scored 30 points in every single, all

0:22.3

the games.

0:22.9

The first five games, 30 points in each one.

0:25.0

They were the sixth team in Super Bowl era history to do so, and four of the last five

0:29.5

teams had all gone to the Super Bowl.

0:31.3

So that's pretty good.

0:33.5

Also pretty good was the defense they were about to face in week six.

0:38.3

The Cleveland Browns.

0:42.2

The Browns have played four games before a week five by, and in two of those four games,

0:44.2

they'd held their opponent totally touchdownless.

0:49.2

In three of those four games, they held their opponent to a success rate of 25% or below.

0:54.6

One successful play on offense out of every four attempts is crazy good. The problem was the Browns had kind of faced a bit of a cupcake schedule.

0:58.5

In week one, Joe Burrow and the Bengals, and this was when Joe Burrow had like one and a quarter

1:02.0

calf.

1:03.0

Week two, Pittsburgh Steelers who are coordinated by Matt Canada.

1:05.3

Week three, Tennessee Titans, whose offensive line like no one could say off the top of their

1:09.0

head and then in week four, the Ravens, who actually had a little bit of success against them which begged the question were the

1:14.6

browns really an elite defense or were they just beating up on some bad teams well in week six they

1:19.8

beat that 49ers team and they held that 49ers offense to only 17 points how'd they do it we go to

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