Cleveland Browns: Is the Loss To the Buffalo Bills a Coaching Failure?

December 13, 2010   ·   Joe Hunley   ·   Jump to comments

The Cleveland Browns have once again proven that they have the ability to play down to the  level of their opponent. The Browns loss to the Buffalo Bills was another example of the inability, or lack of desire, to make adjustments to a gameplan that is failing.

This game began as advertised with Peyton Hillis running through the Bills' defense, and gaining 49 yards on seven carries, on his way to going over 1,000 yards for the season. But, Hillis would be stopped on third down, and the Browns would settle for a field goal. This was the first time this season that Hillis was stopped on third and one, leaving one to wonder why Eric Mangini did not elect to go for the first down on fourth and one.

The game plan was simple, give Buffalo a heavy dose of Hillis, throw in a few passes to keep the Buffalo defense honest and play mistake-free football by quarterback Jake Delhomme and the remainder of the offense.

The mistake-free football portion of this ga...

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