{"id":398216,"date":"2025-09-26T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/398216\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:58:10","slug":"3-big-problems-for-the-browns-to-deal-with-from-the-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/398216\/","title":{"rendered":"3 big problems for the Browns to deal with from the Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"

After coming off an upset win over the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, the Cleveland Browns look to do it again this Sunday as they will travel to Michigan to take on the Detroit Lions<\/a>. An argument can be made that the Lions and the Browns have been through the darkest of times in their franchises\u2019 histories, but recently, Detroit has emerged from the darkness. Cleveland? It\u2019s a work in progress.<\/p>\n

After losing both coordinators this offseason<\/a> (OC Ben Johnson took the Chicago Bears head coaching job and DC Aaron Glenn took the New York Jets coaching job), the Lions wasted no time replacing them. John Morton came over from the Denver Broncos to be their offensive coordinator (and might have stuck his foot in his mouth this week<\/a>) and promoted linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard to be the defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n

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Team-wise, the team looks different than they did the past two years. Quarterback Jared Goff is still a top 15 quarterback in the league, running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery might be the best running back duo in the league, wide receivers Amon-Ra St.Brown and Jameson Williams complement each other well and tight end Sam LaPorta can\u2019t be overlooked. The offensive line went through some shuffling on the interior but right tackle Penei Sewell could be on of the best tackles in the league.<\/p>\n

Defensively, the unit is a solid group. Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson is looking to build off his strong first half of what he did last season before he was gone for the season. The secondary has a solid safety duo in Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph.<\/p>\n

Here are three players that could be big problems for the visitors in this upcoming Browns-Lions matchup.<\/p>\n

RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery<\/p>\n

If you follow pop culture in any form, you would know about Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna. Not only is that duo in a video game, but also used to describe Gibbs and Montgomery.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s start with Gibbs. Gibbs (deemed as Sonic) has the burst and speed to get to the second level with the ball in his hands.<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s running game is very diverse. Gibbs does his damage along the perimeter and is effective in the passing game. For Cleveland, containing the perimeter is going to be key, as they can\u2019t allow Gibbs to break off huge runs.<\/p>\n

Switching from Sonic to Knuckles, running back David Montgomery is Knuckles. Physical, imposing and not afraid to search for contact. Montgomery has that home run hitting ability and it\u2019s been showcased multiple times. Inside runs are what he\u2019s good at; if you give him enough space, he will make you pay. Cleveland\u2019s defensive line (mainly the interior) has been stout, but it will be tested once again. Staying disciplined in terms of run fits and gap integrity will be key for the Browns to stop this potent Lions rushing attack.<\/p>\n

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DE Aidan Hutchinson<\/p>\n

If defensive end Aidan Hutchinson hadn\u2019t gotten hurt last season, he likely would have won Defensive Player of the Year. This season, he is picking up where he left off.<\/p>\n

Hutchinson has a strong get-off along with the ability to convert speed to power (in some ways). For the Browns, it\u2019s simple. Don\u2019t let #97 wreck the game.<\/p>\n

Cleveland did a good job in containing Packers DE Micah Parsons to some degree last week, but they have another test this week. In terms of pass block win rate, the Browns are ranked towards the bottom in that category and with LT Dawand Jones being out for the season, it\u2019s not going to be easier.<\/p>\n

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Containing Hutchinson should be the Browns offensive line\u2019s main priority this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After coming off an upset win over the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, the Cleveland Browns look to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[1817,1524,391,54,597,19996,258,113,7,41,345,2514,2513,1674,4563,1029,14986,3220,491,255,6,428,645,7472,69026,582],"class_list":{"0":"post-398216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-aidan-hutchinson","9":"tag-brian-branch","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-david-montgomery","13":"tag-dawand-jones","14":"tag-denver-broncos","15":"tag-detroit-lions","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-green-bay","18":"tag-green-bay-packers","19":"tag-greenbay","20":"tag-greenbaypackers","21":"tag-jahmyr-gibbs","22":"tag-jameson-williams","23":"tag-jared-goff","24":"tag-kelvin-sheppard","25":"tag-kerby-joseph","26":"tag-micah-parsons","27":"tag-new-york-jets","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-packers","30":"tag-penei-sewell","31":"tag-sam-laporta","32":"tag-sonic-the-hedgehog","33":"tag-the-browns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115270248421989796","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}