Packers Upset by Browns: A Shocking Survivor Pool Loss

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00:00But the other survivor pick that maybe people could have gravitated to would have been taking

00:04the Packers over the Browns. They were seven and a half point favorites. So you had to choose. Do I

00:09go with the home team? Do I go with the road team? If you went with the road team, you're out of your

00:14survivor pool. The Browns came all the way back to win this one, shockingly, 13 to 10. And Jacob,

00:21it felt very tenuous for Green Bay through three quarters. They just couldn't pull away from

00:26Cleveland. And then they scored. So you're like, all right, well, Cleveland's going to cover this

00:30one. But if you're a Packers fan or survivor picker, you're like, all right, the Packers are

00:33going to win, of course. And then they just go down in the end. Biggest upset of the season easily.

00:39Yeah, I think maybe the people who had survivor can blame me for this one because the Packers

00:43were my survivor pick this week. And I have a history of losing early in the season. So I'll

00:49take the blame on that one. But certainly this game, when you were watching it, it just felt

00:54strange because you're saying to yourself, the Packers really looked like this team in

00:58the NFC that was going to challenge the Eagles. They had an elite tier defense. Jordan Love

01:02looked great through a couple of weeks. But then, you know, they ran into this Browns team.

01:07And I think the Browns have flown a little under the radar for what they're doing on defense.

01:11I know that sounds strange to say because they just surrendered like 41 points to the Ravens

01:16in week two. But they are playing very well against the run. Opposing running backs are averaging

01:22only 2.2 yards per carry against them this year. And they've played in back-to-back weeks,

01:28Derek Henry and Josh Jacobs, who they have limited. And they ended Josh Jacobs' touchdown streak at

01:33like 11 straight games with a rushing touchdown. So the Browns run defenses legit. So if they can

01:39render teams one-dimensional and make opposing quarterbacks beat them, they might be able to

01:42get some wins by doing that. I know it sounds crazy, but if the Browns had a better situation

01:48of quarterback, Joe Flacco has not been good through three weeks, you know, we might be

01:52talking about them as a, hey, this is a scrappy team that might be more competitive than you think.

01:55But right now they're really leaning on their defense. But we did see their defense can win

02:00them games against teams that, you know, we expect to be NFC contenders. So that's a good sign for

02:05Kevin Stefanski squad.