Browns vs Bengals: 5 Things We Learned from Cleveland's Performance

Bleacher Report ^ | 9/16/12 | David DeWitt

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The Cleveland Browns' 34-27 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday carried a lot of lessons for this young team, some positive and others maddeningly predictable.

The Browns' two key rookies, QB Brandon Weeden and RB Trent Richardson, showed marked improvement in their second outing, giving a much-needed boost to an offense that floundered last week against Philadelphia.

But the absence of CB Joe Haden on the defense allowed the Bengals to pick on the Browns' young secondary.

Combined with mental lapses, poor tackling and heavy penalties, the Browns just couldn't keep up.

Here are five lessons from the Week 2 Battle of Ohio:

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Now I got Mancini’s nickname LOL

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Ernie Shavers was also a mensch.

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I never met or knew LeBron James, but he was not a mensch.

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I did meet Wilt Chamberlain.
He was a miserable person.

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I played Cleveland’s defense in my FFL today based on last year’s fair performance and last week’s good performance.

It sucks to have them learning on the job like the One.

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Hey, that’s only a TD/PA, sounds like Cleveland did alright. There were some upsets and a bunch of close games (those are the ones I saw — this was my first NFL on TV since last season) this week, and all the way around not bad.