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Week 14 Game Recap: Cleveland Browns 9, Tennessee Titans 28
What you need to know
| Cleveland Browns |
QB Ken Dorsey showed why he is not a regular NFL starter as he lacked good accuracy. Dorsey seemed like he was so focused on not throwing interceptions that it caused him to be way too tentative.
RB Jamal Lewis and the Cleveland rushing attack did not get much going at all. Josh Cribbs, a former Kent State quarterback, ran the wildcat formation a few times and had the most success on the ground for the Browns. The Browns gave up on running the ball for the most part and used Jason Wright for most of the game as a receiving back.
WR Braylon Edwards was targeted 16 times on the day, but only caught three passes due to Dorsey's inaccuracy. Nobody on the Browns had success and considering they had 43 passing plays -- that is disheartening.
| Tennessee Titans |
QB Kerry Collins did not have to do much for the Titans to earn the victory. He had one nice passing touchdown to Justin Gage, but other than that did not do too much because they ran the ball extremely well.
RB LenDale White and Chris Johnson teamed up for a 235 yard beat-down on the Browns' rushing offense. Both of them hit holes quickly and showed good vision and both scored a rushing touchdown in what was an impressive showing by both of them.
WR Justin Gage and Bo Scaife received 11 out of the 16 balls Kerry Collins threw to receivers and tight ends. Gage and Scaife only caught two balls each, but Collins only completed 14 passes to the entire team and four of those were to RB Chris Johnson
What you ought to know
| QB Ken Dorsey, Pass: 22 - 43 - 150 - 0 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 1 - 0 - 0 |
Dorsey was asked to carry the load as the Browns gave up on the run early. He was hesitant on his throws as he looked afraid to make mistakes. He only threw one interception, but was not productive through the air. The Browns only gained 150 yards on his 43 passing attempts and a lot of the passes were just not close to their targets.
| RB Jamal Lewis, Rush: 7 - 7 - 0, Rec: 2 - 3 - 0 (3 targets) |
Lewis could not get anything going on the ground and the Browns quickly abandoned the run. It was not a pretty sight, but to be fair Tennessee really did not worry much about Ken Dorsey.
| RB Jason Wright, Rush: 2 - 1 - 0, Rec: 5 - 40 - 0 (11 targets) |
Wright came in and played the majority of the game because the Browns could not run the ball at all. The Browns like Wright in the backfield when they're passing the ball. He caught only five of the 11 balls thrown his way, mostly on dump down passes from Dorsey.
| RB Jerome Harrison, Rush: 2 - 2 - 0, Rec: 2 - 6 - 0 (2 targets) |
Harrison did not see much action, as the Browns gave up on the run and opted to use Jason Wright out of the backfield most of the night.
| RB Lawrence Vickers, Rush: 1 - 1 - 0, Rec: 1 - -1 - 0 (1 targets) |
Vickers served as the fullback and caught the only ball thrown his way for a loss of one yard.
| WR Josh Cribbs, Pass: 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 TD / 0 INT, Rush: 6 - 24 - 0 |
Cribbs was not involved at wide receiver, but did have a play at quarterback in the wildcat formation. He ran the ball six times from the formation and was the most successful Browns player on the ground.
| WR Syndric Steptoe, Rec: 4 - 20 - 0 (6 targets) |
Steptoe has been getting more action as the weeks have gone on, and Sunday he caught four of the six passes thrown his way for 20 yards. He seemed to run solid routes though, despite his short yards per catch.
| WR Braylon Edwards, Rec: 3 - 38 - 0 (16 targets) |
Edwards got targeted a lot by Dorsey, but not many of them were close to being catchable. Three catches looks atrocious on 16 targets, but it was really Dorsey's fault and not Edwards this week.
| WR Donte Stallworth, Rec: 1 - 15 - 0 (3 targets) |
Stallworth seems to have fallen out of grace with the offensive coordinator in Cleveland. He missed the early part of the season and is now looking at a third string role in the offense.
| TE Steve Heiden, Rec: 4 - 29 - 0 (7 targets) |
Heiden got the majority of the workload at tight end because Winslow was out with an ankle injury. Heiden's longest catch was for eight yards.
| TE Darnell Dinkins (1 targets) |
Dinkens is the third string tight end and got in on a couple snaps because Winslow was out.
| PK Phil Dawson 3 - 4 FG, 0 - 0 XP, 9 points |
Dawson made three of his four field goal attempts, missing a 44 yard kick.
| CLE Rush Defense |
The Browns could not solve the Tennessee rushing attack and allowed 235 yards plus two touchdowns to the LenDale White and Chris Johnson tag team.
| CLE Pass Defense |
Cleveland largely held Kerry Collins in check, only allow 155 yards and yielding two interceptions; however they did not force any sacks.
| QB Kerry Collins, Pass: 14 - 23 - 155 - 2 TD / 2 INT |
Collins was not impressive against the Browns. He threw two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions on only 155 yards passing. He did not need to do too much though as most of the load was carried by the Tennessee rushing attack.
| RB LenDale White, Rush: 24 - 99 - 1, Rec: 1 - 2 - 0 (1 targets) |
White pounding the ball through the defense, and really looked solid out there. He was one yard short of 100 yards rushing, but he did score his 14th touchdown of the year on a three yard run. White did a nice job of being patient and then bursting through the defense for a big man.
| RB Chris Johnson, Rush: 19 - 136 - 1, Rec: 4 - 30 - 0 (5 targets) |
Johnson looked great against the Browns. He got through holes really fast and had a couple of long runs through the secondary including a 25 yard touchdown run. Johnson also caught four of the five passes thrown his way for 30 yards, making him Tennessee's leading receiver.
| RB Ahmard Hall, Rec: 1 - 28 - 1 (1 targets) |
Hall caught a pass out of the backfield and ran it for a 28 yard touchdown. He usually does not get much work besides blocking, but this was a nice reward.
| WR Justin Gage, Rec: 2 - 18 - 1 (6 targets) |
Gage was targeted six times and caught a nine yard touchdown. On two of the six targets, the ball was intercepted. Gage continues to be Collins' favorite receiver but it did not seem like he was getting much separation Sunday against a Browns secondary that has been playing well as of late.
| WR Brandon Jones, Rec: 2 - 18 - 0 (3 targets) |
Jones split time with McCareins on the outside, but got more work. He still only caught two passes for 18 yards on three targets, though.
| WR Justin McCareins, Rec: 1 - 20 - 0 (1 targets) |
McCareins did not see much action on Sunday, as the Browns allowed Tennessee to run the ball effectively. He caught the only ball thrown his way.
| TE Bo Scaife, Rec: 2 - 19 - 0 (5 targets) |
Scaife had an uneventful game as the Titans ran the ball a lot, only catching two of the five balls thrown his way.
| TE Alge Crumpler, Rec: 1 - 20 - 0 (1 targets) |
Crumpler was the back up tight end behind Bo Scaife, but he did have a nice 20 yard catch in the little action he did see.
| PK Rob Bironas 0 - 0 FG, 4 - 4 XP, 4 points |
Bironas made all four of his extra points.
| TEN Rush Defense |
The Titans dominated the Browns' rushing attack. It wasn't a pretty sight.
| TEN Pass Defense |
Only getting one sack and one interception versus Ken Dorsey plus 43 passing attempts is not impressive, but they did only allow 150 yards through the air.
