Share

Blaine Gabbert sacked 9 times as 49ers lose in Cleveland

“I want to thank the Browns organization for doing that and the fans for making it so special”.

Advertisement


How do the New York Jets stop Rob Gronkowski?
New York DE Muhammad Wilkerson has collected seven sacks in his last five games to push his season total to a career-high 12.3. With Bledsoe on the mend, the Patriots called on second-year quarterback Tom Brady to guide the offense.

The running back who replaced the Australian, Kendall Gaskins, suffered a concussion in the 49ers’ humiliating loss on Sunday to the Cleveland Browns.


Southampton 4-0 Arsenal: Koeman’s praise for “perfect” Saints
The goal came after a long spell of pressure on a shaky Arsenal defence , marshaled by Laurent Koscielny and Par Matersacker. Heading into the last game on Saturday, Arsenal had a golden opportunity to take the lead in the title race.

Linebacker Corey Lemonier could have sacked Manziel in the end zone for a safety, but he grabbed the QB’s facemask, giving the Browns a fresh set of downs.


Arsenal Were Punished For Not Showing Sharpness, Says Arsene Wenger
Southampton scored three more on the day-one of them a lovely team goal that didn’t come without its own bit of controversy. Goalkeeper: He may have conceded four goals last night, but Petr Cech is a certainty to keep his place in goal.

The 49ers never established the run against a rush defense ranked at No. 29 in the league by Football Outsiders going into the game. Crowell has now put together two solid games after gaining 62 yards on 11 carries last week against the Bengals, but he will face a tough test next week against Seattle. Johnny Manziel does enough over the final three games of the 2015 season to increase his trade value without persuading the Browns to build around him. He passed for 270 yards, delivering a quality performance the Browns desperately needed.

Despite a couple of mistakes, one of them severly detrimental to a Microsoft Surface tablet, I’m anxious to see how Manziel does against a resurgent Seahawks team in a hard environment last week. He also looked very comfortable behind an offensive line that allowed him plenty of time.

Just as the San Francisco 49ers aren’t the New England Patriots.

The 49ers were bad in all phases of the game.

The Browns showed things that they haven’t done all season. The Browns had five sacks in the first half after entering the game with just 17.

The Cleveland Browns beat the San Francisco 49ers 24-10, in one of the most well played, complete games the Browns have played all year.

When Manziel did drop back to throw, he remained in the pocket until it was absolutely necessary to extend the play. Ok, now that I got that out of the way, let’s talk about the success of the Browns in Sunday’s big win. He caught eight balls for 107 yards. He said Sunday that he still believes the team is improving and that the “poor” performance was an “execution problem” and not an “effort problem”. And he looked liked he’s been the starter all year. Was it the fact everyone was not auditioning for a job in 2016? He definitely has earned his chance to play the rest of the season and maybe even show that he could be the answer to the never-ending Browns quarterback question.

The most surprising story of the day was the Browns defense.

Bigheaded? How on earth could the 49ers be bigheaded, given their own modest total of just four victories?

Advertisement

It wasn’t flawless, but Manziel benefitted from the team’s best rushing day all season and a defense that finally woke up with a whopping nine sacks on 49ers passer Blaine Gabbert.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Quinton Patton is tackled by Cleveland Browns cornerback Charles Gaines after catching a pass during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday Dec. 13 2015 in Cleveland