Brendan Gulick gives his thoughts on who might be the X factor for the Browns on Sunday vs the Colts
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00:00 Give me the one X factor on the Browns that you think is going to have the biggest impact
00:04 and whether the Browns take the win or not. On Sunday specifically? On Sunday, yes.
00:11 Man, I don't want to take low-hanging fruit and say Miles Garrett, but there's an element to that
00:20 that, you know, Miles statistically didn't have like an incredible game against San Francisco.
00:26 They did a fairly good job negating him, but his presence on the field, I mean, Andrew,
00:32 he is at the top of the scouting report. Like there's nobody that's listed in front of him,
00:36 right? And his ability to make a defense, have to make decisions they don't want to make,
00:42 is unlike just about every other player in the league. I'm sorry, make an offense,
00:50 make those decisions. You know, I have never seen a defensive end. Saw this a couple weeks ago.
00:57 Garrett was lined up on the right-hand side of the line of scrimmage. He shifted to the left-hand
01:03 side pre-snap and not one, but two offensive players shifted with him to block him. And then
01:10 he moved back and those two same players motioned back. It was just, it was like, man, they are
01:17 literally scheming this to make sure 95 can't get to the quarterback. I think the difference this
01:24 year is that the Browns defensive line is good enough that when Miles draws that extra hat,
01:31 that extra attention, those other guys are creating some serious pressure. So Miles is a
01:40 legitimate NFL defensive player of the year candidate. You know, I thought he played well,
01:46 but maybe not elite against San Francisco at a couple of offside penalties, which were frustrating.
01:52 But to me, he's the X factor when he's on the field because he is a rare, rare player. And,
02:00 you know, you don't want to get too far ahead of yourself,
02:04 but he is on a trajectory that's going to end up in Canton if he keeps this up.