Round Two: An analysis of the Browns playoff catastrophe

Round Two: An analysis of the Browns playoff catastrophe

- Tom Hardesty

Sifting through the rubble of the Houston Texans’ 45-14 demolition of your Cleveland Browns last Saturday in the AFC Wild Card Playoffs …

It didn’t take long for Browns rent-a-quarterback Joe Flacco to go from hero to goat in the eyes of a lot of fans. After arriving in Cleveland fresh off his couch in New Jersey to rescue the Browns’ season in November, the 38-year-old former Super Bowl MVP was riding a wave of goodwill heading into the postseason — until that wave crashed spectacularly in Houston. Flacco’s two pick 6’s of 82 and 36 yards on consecutive drives in the third quarter turned a manageable 24-14 deficit into a game-set-match 38-14 hole in a span of two minutes.

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