Joe Flacco Drops Bold 2-Word Comment on Browns After Week 1 Loss
The Cleveland Browns dropped their season opener, losing 17-16 to the Cincinnati Bengals at home in Week 1.
Cleveland had a chance to hit a go-ahead game-winning field goal, but Flacco threw an interception, which sealed the game. The interception hit off a Browns’ receiver and right into the hands of a Bengals’ defender.
Following the loss, Flacco says you can tell the Browns have an ‘inexperienced team’ in his post-game press conference.
“Yeah, it’s tough. It felt like we did a lot of good things, but we also did a lot of things that get you beat,” Flacco said. “I just felt like we kind of played like an inexperienced team a little bit today. We did so many good things; we were able to move the ball. But to ultimately come up short, it definitely hurts to feel like you could start the season 1-0 and not do that.”
It was a bold comment from Flacco, who called the Browns a young and inexperienced team. However, the two receivers who made the key drops, which turned into interceptions, were Jerry Jeudy and Cedric Tillman, who are veteran receivers in the NFL.
Flacco finished the game going 31-for-45 for 290 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions in the Browns’ Week 1 loss.
Flacco Opens Up on Key Drops
Cleveland’s receivers had some key drops, which proved to be the difference in the game.
After the game, Flacco took the blame for the drops as he felt like he should have thrown the ball in better spots.
“I wish I had thrown the ball a little bit better. I wish I had thrown it on his chest as opposed of doing what I did, I think we are all looking at those plays and thinking about them,” Flacco said. “We’ll have to go home tonight and try to fall asleep with those things in our thoughts. It’s hard. When you lose football games, that’s what happens. You’re going to have plays that you look back on and think about.”
Ultimately, Flacco did play well in Week 1, and he gave the Browns a chance to pull off the upset win over the Bengals.
Browns Coach Expects Team to Learn From Week 1 Loss
Cleveland dropped to 0-1 in the season, losing to the Bengals in a game the Browns had a chance to win late.
Yet, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski says he’s proud of his team, but he knows the team can learn a lot from it.
“Very, very disappointing to come away with a loss in that game. Can’t be minus 2 (on turnovers) versus a good football team. That’s the story of this football game,” Stefanski said. “Tip balls, and we gotta play cleaner. There are a thousand things that we can do better from a coaching staff, from a player standpoint, but we have to do a better job securing that rock.
“We obviously missed a field goal, missed an extra point. Those are points, and in these types of games, you have to come away with (points),” Stefanski said. “So, it hurts when you feel like you’re doing some good things. Now having said that, you we have a position, where we have a division game next week, right back at it. So if this team understands that these hurt, but we’ll learn from it. We’ll watch the tape, recommit to those things and understand that we have to do a better job in a bunch of different areas. But really proud of a lot of the performance from these guys. Proud of effort from these guys. But man, it’s just frustrating not to come out with a win.”
The Browns go on the road to play the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2.
Stephen Jones Reveals True Feelings After Cowboys Week 1 Loss to Eagles
Despite playing good football against the Philadelphia Eagles last Thursday night, the Dallas Cowboys lost 24-20. It was a tough loss for the Cowboys, but ultimately, the team played well.
While playing well doesn’t mean much in the NFL if they don’t walk away with a win, the Cowboys did what they had to do in some sense.
On the flip side, for an organization that expects to win a Super Bowl every season because of its status, the Cowboys have to start winning some games under Brian Schottenheimer.
That’s the same message that Stephen Jones had, the son of Jerry Jones. Jones spoke on “105.3 The Fan,” stating that while he thought the team had an opportunity to win the game, he doesn’t want to give them any moral victories.
“I don’t ever like moral victories,” Jones said on “105.3 The Fan.” “I thought we gave ourselves opportunities to win the game, but when we had an opportunity to get it done there in the fourth quarter, we didn’t make it happen. We’ve got to be better than that. I know Schotty feels that way, I know Dak feels that way, I know our whole team and staff feel that way.”
Was the Cowboys’ Loss to the Eagles a Positive?
Schottenheimer had similar comments for the Dallas Cowboys after their first loss of the season to the Philadelphia Eagles. He said that there were things the team could build on, but considering they’re built on a winning history, there isn’t much to be said about losing games.
“I don’t find any moral victories when this team’s built on a culture that’s all about winning,” Schottenheimer said after his Cowboys head coaching debut. “You don’t find moral victories in losing.”
Schottenheimer’s words weren’t necessarily agreed with by Jerry, who stated that he’s encouraged by the way the team played.
“I am encouraged,” owner Jerry Jones said. “And I’m encouraged by the meat on the bone, not my normal optimism. These guys played hard. They played good. They played consistently.”
“If we could have every game we play this year down to where we’ve got that ball and got it in the hands of the people we had it in,” Jones said, “we can win a lot of games.”
Cowboys Missed an Opportunity to Surprise the NFL World
The Dallas Cowboys missed a significant opportunity to win a big game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Had they started the season 1-0 with a divisional win against the defending Super Bowl champions under a new head coach, especially after trading Micah Parsons, things would seem great.
Instead, the Cowboys now have some questions to answer as they head to Week 2 against the New York Giants in Dallas.
Dak Prescott of the Cowboys wants to see the team play more complementary football, citing the fact that the defense was great for them and the offense needed to do more in the loss.
“We’ve just got to play a little bit more complementary,” Prescott said. “And what I mean by that is defense gets some stops in the first half, and we score points in the second half. Then we’re going to be proud of the outcome of this game.”
