An inside have a look at Sunday’s Browns-49ers week 6 matchup at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland.
Marquee Matchup
Kyle Shanahan’s offense vs. Jim Schwartz’ protection
In baseball phrases, Jim Schwartz has ownage on Kyle Shanahan.
The 2 have met up eight occasions as coordinators or head coaches. Schwartz has gained seven of these conferences, together with six in a row. When you embody their matchup in 2021 when Schwartz was a defensive assistant in Tennessee, the win streak is seven.
Of their 9 prior conferences Schwartz has held Shanahan to simply 15.8 factors per recreation and allowed greater than 20 factors simply as soon as.
The Browns protection comes into this recreation permitting a league low 196 yards per recreation, 70 fewer than Baltimore and San Francisco who’ve allowed 266 per contest.
“They rush the passer each play after which react to every part else,” mentioned Kyle Shanahan when requested concerning the problem of going through Clevelang. “Myles Garrett mixed with Schwartz’s scheme and the fellows round him, it’s an issue. It’s apparent why they’re a high protection proper now.
“When you might have the D-Line they’ve, the downhill linebackers, you higher have some good corners and so they have superb ones. They play quite a lot of man-to-man protection. They’ll combine in some zone. However, whenever you play that a lot man-to-man and also you’re additionally the primary go protection within the league, you’ve acquired to have some good corners.”
Jack’s Choose: The Cleveland protection will present the hardest problem to the 49ers this season.
For the Browns, their offense is an even bigger problem. Cleveland will likely be with out beginning quarterback Deshaun Watson, operating again Nick Chubb and left guard Joel Bitonio.
Except San Francisco turns the ball over or doesn’t present up they are going to ultimately put on down Cleveland and the 49ers will transfer to 6-0 on the season.
49ers 19 Browns 6
4 Downs
Ball Safety: One factor that may nullify the 49ers expertise benefit on this recreation is turnovers.
San Francisco has gone simply 1-10 because the begin of 2021 in video games they’ve turned the ball over greater than their opponents. After they don’t, the 49ers have compiled a document of 29-3.
Nearly as good as Cleveland’s protection has been by way of the primary 4 weeks, they’ve pressured simply 3 turnovers. In the meantime their offense has turned the ball over not less than as soon as in every recreation this season.
I can see for Myles: The Browns protection is led by go rusher Myles Garrett. The defensive finish has recorded 5.5 of Cleveland’s 12 sacks and hit the opposing quarterback 13 occasions.
Garrett strikes across the formation, however 121 of his 166 snaps have come whereas lined up on the appropriate aspect of the protection. If this sample holds on Sunday, Garrett will spend many of the day working towards All-Professional left sort out Trent Williams. The veteran left sort out has allowed simply 4 pressures and 4 hurries on 162 go blocking snaps.
Mr. Irrelevant: With a win on Sunday, Brock Purdy would have the second most consecutive wins to start a profession in NFL historical past with 11. The document is at present held by former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Been Roethlisberger who gained his first 15 begins.
The second-year quarterback has damaged a number of information this season and will go one other in Cleveland.
Purdy has gone 236 passes since throwing an interception within the third quarter of a 49ers win over Las Vegas on January 1. He’s simply 14 passes away from breaking Alex Smith’s franchise document of 249 passes.
Cleveland’s lone interception this season got here when security Grant Delpit picked off Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett within the first quarter of a 26-22 loss.
All-Professional Fred: Fred Warner has recorded 674 tackles in his profession. He wants simply two tackles on Sunday to maneuver forward of NaVorro Bowman for the fourth most tackles in franchise historical past.
Warner could have ample alternative towards a run heavy Cleveland offense.
The Browns 32.8 dashing makes an attempt per recreation is tied for fourth most within the league.
Cleveland misplaced star operating again Nick Chubb for the season with a knee damage throughout their week 2 loss at Pittsburgh. During the last two video games they’ve turned to Pierre Sturdy, Jerome Ford and Kareem Hunt and averaged simply 3.1 yards per rush try.
