The first half of the Cleveland Browns game against the Buffalo Bills showed an improved Browns offensive performance, with one notable exception:
The red zone.
After a successful first red zone drive, where Baker Mayfield hit Jarvis Landry with a perfect strike for a touchdown, the rest of the half was a dismal exercise in abject failure.
Coming off a 1-for-5 red zone performance in Denver a week ago, we thought it couldn’t get worse. We thought wrong.
The Browns next possession came up empty despite eight snaps inside the Buffalo 2-yard line. Nick Chubb got smothered on the final play, a slow-developing pitch to the right.
According to ESPN, it was a historically bad performance:
Cleveland’s offense largely dominated the half, but the red zone woes are a maddening continuation of what has been a disappointing start. The Browns’ 9-7 lead should be at least double what it is.
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