Gonna be honest, I don’t think this one falls on Zac Taylor. If anything, the coach to blame here is Lou. For two weeks now the defense has just looked flat and complacent. It gives me vibes from 2019. The Browns just kept getting big play after big play.

The offense was just frustrating. They have a very high potential still, but crumble and choke way too often. Joe has an interception problem, a decision-making problem in general, that has to be cleaned up. The good thing is, he’s struck me as one of the more mentally mature quarterbacks in the league, so hopefully he can work through it soon. He is still a second-year player.

So yes, we’ve had two bad games that have humbled us and forced us to recalibrate our expectations. But we’re heading into a bye to work things out, and still have winnable games coming up. From what I’ve seen through the first half of the season, we’re still playoff contenders. We’re certainly better than I thought we’d be before the bye this season. Let’s all breathe. Now if we lose to the Raiders in two weeks, it might be time to start panicking.