Bye week assessment

[Nconroe]

For me, frustrating, mainly because see some promise, but not success yet, could characterize season so far. And hope for improvement still there.

Want to see Mallett and maybe even Savage before season ends.

Hope for team to improve as games go by, new system to learn, quite a few new players and injuries to deal with.

Clowney and other 2014 draft picks, hope they get more involved and productive as gain experience.

Not sure if 3W-4L is realistic to expect now, if so, end up at 7-9 record.

I do expect team keeps positive attitude and continues to play hard and thus keep the entertainment value up there.

[Arky]

Bye week viewing in the Houston area:

Sunday early:

CBS = Tennessee @ Baltimore -- Andrew Catalon, Steve Tasker, Steve Beuerlein

FOX = Dallas vs Jacksonville (in London) -- Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa

Sunday late::

FOX = NY Giants @ Seattle -- Joe Buck, Troy Aikman

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SNF (NBC) = Chicago @ Green Bay

MNF (ESPN) = Carolina @ Philadelphia

[Arky]

Early line for the upcoming Cleveland game has the Browns favored by 3 to 3.5.

Seems a little low to me... Given the 3 pt home field advantage, they are saying the teams are about even.. Cleveland, fresh off a nice TNF win over Cincinnati @ Cincinnati vs. the Texans who have trouble beating good teams and who are starting a new QB on the road, I would have made the line about 5 to 5.5. Makes me think that nationwide, the Texans have a bit of a following in the betting community because quite often, I see the odds makers giving the Texans a lot of "respect" - for lack of a better word....

[nunusguy]

Agree with all you say here about the line Arky, so it's also puzzling to me. Then there's the additional scenario of a Sunbelt team traveling up north to
play in what's forecast to be inclement weather conditions. But hope the line is in the ballpark which would mean we'll be in the game and that would give us a chance.

[HPF Bob]

I suspect the oddsmakers are not sold on the Browns yet but what I saw against the Bengals was a hungry team that seems loaded for bear. Just be glad we get this game now and not in a few weeks when some of their suspensions expire. We won't be seeing Josh Gordon.