Mike Vrabel Appears To Shade Browns With 'gimmick' Comments After Patriots' Win

The Patriots beat nan Browns connected Sunday, 32-13, to triumph their 5th consecutive game. The vibes person not been this affirmative astir Gillette Stadium successful rather immoderate time.

Coach Mike Vrabel has New England playing difficult capable to flooded a comparative deficiency of blue-chip talent defensively, and connected offense, second-year backmost Drake Maye has been an absolute revelation. The Pats are now 6-2 and bask plentifulness of momentum entering adjacent week's conflict against nan Falcons.

Vrabel didn't move onto nan adjacent force without appearing to return a changeable astatine his past one, though. Asked astir his defense giving up an early touchdown to nan Browns' Dillon Gabriel-led discourtesy earlier tightening up, Vrabel said he thought things went good for nan Patriots aft nan "gimmick" plays ran out.

Ouch. That astir apt stings for Browns coach Kevin Stefanski.

It could beryllium a spot of good-natured ribbing from Vrabel, to beryllium fair. He spent past play arsenic a advisor successful Cleveland connected Stefanski's unit aft getting near disconnected nan caput coach carousel during nan offseason. He presumably knows those coaches well, and could conscionable beryllium enjoying his triumph by rubbing it successful a bit. If that was nan case, you'd deliberation nan transportation would person been a spot lighter, but Vrabel is simply a deadpan guy.

Regardless, it is nan truth laid bare. The Browns struggled to move nan shot erstwhile nan Patriots forced them to play straight-up alternatively of relying connected misdirection and different funky violative concepts to create opportunities. While location were nary instrumentality plays for illustration a flea flicker, nan Browns did tally a analyzable mobility handoff involving 2 pulling players that resulted successful a monolithic summation connected their first drive. It's not a "gimmick" successful nan accepted sense, but location are a batch of moving parts that distracted nan defense capable to nutrient a chunk play.

They followed that up pinch their first touchdown of nan time by having rookie tight extremity Harold Fannin Jr. statement up astatine fullback and tally a way retired of nan backfield. The defense forgot to screen him and he walked successful for nan score.

After that touchdown, nan Browns did not person a thrust longer than 5 plays until nan 4th quarter. Safe to opportunity New England figured it out.

Some of nan blasted lays pinch nan play-caller and immoderate pinch Gabriel. Football is simply a squad sport, aft all. Cleveland vanished pinch only 213 yards of full offense; that level of struggle isn't caused by 1 subordinate aliases coach alone.

Another large triumph for Vrabel's Patriots, and possibly immoderate bulletin committee worldly for Stefanski's unit successful Cleveland.

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