It’s Week 4
Womens Myles Garrett Jersey , of the way through. With no clear dominant squad in the AFC North, the
serious part of the season is about to get underway. The main matchup in the
division this week is Sunday night’s contest between the Baltimore Ravens and
Pittsburgh Steelers, but the Cincinnati Bengals also have a test ahead in the
Atlanta Falcons. While all eyes will be on Baker Mayfield’s first NFL start
against the Oakland Raiders this week, the rest of the division is also worth
attention. Here’s what’s going on in Pittsburgh, Baltimore and
Cincinnati.Baltimore Ravens: After years of struggling to find footing on
offense, the Baltimore Ravens might have finally built up that side of the ball
enough to make it among the best in the league. Baltimore Beatdown’s Jacob Loque
details just how the Ravens offense “has gotten off to their most promising
start in years.Looking to Sunday, Vasilis Lericos breaks down the five key
matchups for the Ravens against the Steelers. And Logan Levy has the Ravens’
latest injury update, which includes the return of rookie tight end Hayden Hurst
to the practice field. Pittsburgh Steelers: The Steelers are three-point home
favorites over the Ravens on Sunday night, reports Behind the Steel Curtain’s
Simon Chester. But the more interesting of the Vegas lines is the over/under
point total. At 51 points, this is the highest opening over/under in the history
of the teams’ rivalry.One key to a Steelers win on Sunday will be the
involvement of now-healthy tight end Vance McDonald. Shannon White further makes
the case that McDonald will be integral to the Steelers’ success throughout the
season—but only if he can stay healthy. Another is finding a way to stabilize
the secondary, and Nick Farabaugh’s answer is to start Cameron Sutton at
cornerback alongside Joe Haden, rather than Artie Burns or Coty
Sensabaugh.Cincinnati Bengals: It’s just three games into his second season, but
Bengals receiver John Ross hasn’t yet looked like a first-round draft pick. With
five receptions for 27 yards and a touchdown, Cincy Jungle’s John Sheeran
wonders if it’s time to write him off or to give him more time before he’s
branded the dreaded “bust.”Matt Minich takes to the film to illustrate how the
Bengals offense can get the better of the Atlanta Falcons and their
injury-ravaged defense on Sunday. One thing that will certainly help is receiver
A.J. Green. Green suffered a pelvis injury in Week 3 but was able to practice on
the rehab field on Wednesday, per Jason Marcum. Initially thought to be a
long-shot to play in Week 4, it’s now possible Green will suit up against
Atlanta.Cleveland Browns Training Camp 2018: LB Preview, Part 1 It’s time to
look at the linebackers on the Cleveland Browns’ roster as we preview the team
leading up to training camp. We start with the top four players at the position
in Part 1, made more complex by the addition of Mychal Kendricks.Scott R.
Galvin-USA TODAY Sports1. Jamie Collins - Starting Strongside LinebackerHeight:
6-3 | Weight: 250 lbs | Age: 28Experience: 6 years | College: Southern
MississippiHow has Jamie Collins’ time with the Browns been thus far? When he
joined the team in 2016, he looked like a guy who had a positive trickle down
effect on the rest of the team before looking a bit disinterested later in the
year. He signed a lucrative contract extension last offseason for 4 years, $50
million. After starting the first two games of the year
Womens Baker Mayfield Jersey , he suffered a concussion at the end of Week 2’s game against the Ravens.Returning from missing three games, Collins then
played through Week 10, when he suffered a season-ending MCL injury. He finished
the year with 31 tackles, 1 sack and 1 interception. It is truly polarizing to
judge Collins. He needs to be significantly better in coverage, stop missing
tackles, and has to get to the quarterback more. He actually had a terrible
grade by PFF of 35.9 in 2017, one of the worst in football. James Burgess
performed better than him as his replacement, in my opinion. But I still believe
Collins is a very high-caliber linebacker, so I’m not throwing in the towel on
him.Final Roster Odds: 100%Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports2. Christian Kirksey -
Starting Weakside LinebackerHeight: 6-2 | Weight: 235 lbs | Age: 25Experience: 5
years | College: IowaChristian Kirksey remained an iron man for the Browns last
year, playing every single snap. Despite moving from inside linebacker to
outside linebacker, he finished with nearly identical stats in 2017 than he did
in 2016: 138 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Kirksey also received a contract extension
last offseason -- 4 years, $38 million, which will keep him with the club
through 2021.Kirksey is one of the players trying to get behind a turnaround
season for Cleveland, and last month, he boldly proclaimed that the Browns will
make the playoffs this year.Many will think that is absurd to say after 1-15 and
0-16, but a lot of things have come together in year three of the rebuild for
this team. Kirksey has always been just an above average player in my mind, and
after the team added Mychal Kendricks, linebackers coach Blake Williams
indicated that he would first see reps at weakside linebacker. Could that cut
into Kirksey’s playing time in 2018?Final Roster Odds: 100%Jake Roth-USA TODAY
Sports3. Joe Schobert - Starting Middle LinebackerHeight: 6-1 | Weight: 245 lbs
| Age: 24Experience: 3 years | College: WisconsinThe emergence of Joe Schobert
in 2017 was one of the highlights of the Browns’ 2017 season. He didn’t even
appear to be in much consideration for a starting role in training camp until
veteran Tank Carder suffered a torn ACL. Even then, the assumption was that
Schobert may play 30% of the snaps each week, with the middle linebacker
position not being an everydown player in Gregg Williams’
defense.Instead
http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/derrick-kindred-jersey , Schobert played every single snap of the season en route to a league-leading 144
tackles. He was also the only player to represent the Browns in the Pro Bowl
(and funny enough, picked up on Joe Thomas’ streak of the team having a
Wisconsin player represented) and a lot of his tackles led to stops against the
run:After the addition of Mychal Kendricks, many assumed that Schobert could be
replaced in the starting lineup. At just 24 years old, though, the coaching
staff says they were very impressed with his intelligence and ability to
diagnose opposing offenses last year. Even if he wasn’t making the tackle, they
believe his calls at the line helped the defensive line make plays. What the
coaching staff wants to see from him this year is to start making more
game-changing plays. I agree with the sentiment that Schobert didn’t come off as
some elite player last year, but you can’t deny the stunning progress from year
one to year two, so I believe he has more than earned the right to start again
in 2018.Final Roster Odds: 100%Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports4. Mychal Kendricks -
Fourth LinebackerHeight: 6-0 | Weight: 240 lbs | Age: 27Experience: 7 years |
College: CaliforniaThe Browns won the mini-offseason sweepstakes to lure Mychal
Kendricks to their team in early June, as he agreed to a 1-year deal worth $3
million. Kendricks, a 2nd round pick in 2012 by the Eagles, had spent his entire
career with Philadelphia before being released this offseason. Kendricks had
been a starter for 6 seasons; last year for the Super Bowl Champions, he made 13
starts with 77 tackles, 2 sacks, and 6 passes defended.Although the Browns had
three starting linebackers already, Cleveland was in need of a fourth reliable
player. According to Pro Football Focus, Kendricks “had the top pass rush
productivity rating last year (20.4) among 4-3 OLBs, and the 9th best overall
grade among all LBs (86.0).” He was also one of the better inside linebackers
against the run last season.I’ve always kind of hated the fact that teams feel
some of their linebackers have to play every snap, no matter what. We saw how
well the Browns’ deep defensive line rotation was last year and the positive
results that came from that. Kendricks will reportedly begin training camp as
the weakside linebacker, but he can be used inside as well and should see the
field more than half of the snaps each week.Final Roster Odds: 99%
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