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Week 7: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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FBG says: Great matchup. Baker Mayfield suffered an ankle injury early in the game last week which really bothered him for most of the game. While he says he will be fine, the issues showed up for the Browns for the first time that there are cracks in the armor of their passing game after a tremendous performance the week before against a tough Baltimore team. The issue for the Browns is the lack of receiving talent that they have on the team as their receiving group has lost three players so far from the opening day roster including Josh Gordon, Rashard Higgins and Derrick Willies. While not a unit that was overly deep to begin with, the Browns had expected Antonio Callaway to be further along than where he is at this point in the season as he still looks like a rookie that is not ready to be anything other than a deep threat. Jarvis Landry can only do so much, and we have seen David Njoku and Duke Johnson start to become more of a focal point of this offense which should lead to fantasy production this week. This game will show us everything we need to know about the Browns going forward as they could not have an easier matchup than they do this week going up against a Buccaneers secondary that is on pace to shatter records for most passing yards given up as they have allowed 355 net passing yards and 366 total passing yards per week. This is a unit that is led by 35-year-old Brent Grimes who is on his last legs of his career and is leading a unit that has very little behind him in young players Ryan Smith and rookie M.J. Stewart who have both struggled as well. They have been susceptible to the pass against running backs as they are allowing 67 yards receiving to the running backs each week which could set up for a big Duke Johnson week if the Browns get him more involved. All in all, if the Browns struggle to throw the ball this week, it may be time to be concerned about Mayfield.

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