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Bills vs. Browns 2018 Authentic Genard Avery Jersey , NFL Preseason Week 2 The Cleveland Browns take on the Buffalo Bills on Friday for their second game of the preseason. Here is a preview of what you should look for in the game from the Browns.Injury Report - Who’s In, Who’s Out?On offense, the following players are not expected to play:FB Danny Vitale (calf)TE Seth DeValve (quad)TE Julian Allen (abdomen)OL Kevin Zeitler (calf)OL Kevin Bowen (illness)On defense, the following players are not expected to play:DL Trevon Coley (ankle)DL Caleb Brantley (ankle)DL Daniel Ekuale (calf)DL Marcell Frazier (concussion)DB Montreal Meander (concussion)Five Things to Look For1. Improvement to the Run Game: We love seeing quarterback and receivers combine for big plays, right? Last week, despite the success passing, Todd Haley also stayed committed to the running game, as the team combined for 33 carries. The problem? It only led to 1.5 yards per carry. Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson combined for just 2 carries a week ago, and I expect a few more for the duo this week. Whatever emphasis the Browns put on run blocking during the week should be on display, and we have another week of Joel Bitonio and Austin Corbett getting to work together on their same side. The real problem in the running game was the second unit, since that is where the bulk of the carries came from for Nick Chubb and Dontrell Hilliard, but the team will take success on the ground with any unit, it doesn’t matter.2. Heated or Tame? This week’s game features several storylines that Hard Knocks will be sure to follow. Coming off a perfect first preseason outing, Tyrod Taylor now faces the task of going up against his former team. Jarvis Landry has been a rival of the Bills for years, including delivering a career-ending block to a player a couple of seasons ago and getting ejected last year. Last, but not least Womens Larry Ogunjobi Jersey , Corey Coleman quickly returns to Cleveland to face the team that just traded him, and he will also continue being the subject of a Hard Knocks storyline. While the coaches may have not cared for Coleman, I don’t know if his teammates felt strongly one way or the other.3. Deeper Dive With Briean Boddy-Calhoun: I am still really curious what the Browns will do with Briean Boddy-Calhoun. Personally, I still believe he is a great asset to the defense, and I hope that Gregg Williams and John Dorsey feel that way too, considering he was one of the few holdovers from a year ago. But I’ve also seen many camps in which “experimenting with his versatility as a cornerback and safety” really just translates to, “we don’t really have a plan for you and you’re likely to be cut.” Since the defensive starters could see close to a half of action this week, I want to see how many snaps BBC receivers with that group.4. More Progress at Wide Receiver: Despite the solid camps that Antonio Callaway and Rashard Higgins have had, there are rumblings that the Browns are trying to get a deal done with WR Dez Bryant. The mystery of WR Josh Gordon still lingers large, with respect to when he will return. If those guys are on the roster, will the Browns really play one of the younger guys over them? You could make a case for Callaway or Higgins over Bryant, but in order for them to do that, there can’t be many “off” days. A couple of dropped passes in a preseason game against Buffalo could loom large.5. Kicking Competition: There has not been much talk this camp about the kicking competition between Zane Gonzalez and Ross Martin, and neither kicker had a field goal attempt during the first preseason game as the Browns decided to go for it a couple of times on 4th-and-short. The word from camp is that both kickers have been OK, but that Martin has shown a little more consistency. I’m expecting the Browns to try to have each kicker get a couple of attempts in this week.Game ThreadOur game thread on Dawgs By Nature will go live at 6:30 PM ET on Friday, which is an hour before kickoff. Be sure to check in for the second preseason game of the year! As much as the Oakland Raiders felt like they might have let a couple of winnable games slip away to start this season Authentic Darren Fells Jersey , they might have stolen one away from the Cleveland Browns to spoil Baker Mayfield's first career start.Derek Carr led a game-tying drive in the final seconds of regulation after a replay review took away a Cleveland first down and the Raiders got their first win since Jon Gruden's return to the sideline by beating the Browns 45-42 on Matt McCrane's 29-yard field goal in overtime Sunday.The Raiders (1-3) blew second-half leads in each of the first three games and didn't trail any of them for a single second in the first three quarters before erasing deficits of 14 points and eight points to beat the Browns (1-2-1) and give Gruden his first win since 2008."We haven't fixed anything yet," Gruden said. "We have a lot of things we have to get better at. I think it is pretty obvious. We played some good football for stints."The Raiders rode a roller-coaster in this game, falling behind 28-14 in the third quarter before rallying for a 34-28 lead in the fourth, thanks in part to two fumbles by Mayfield.But the Browns answered with two more TDs and the Raiders appeared done when Carr threw two straight incompletions from the 9 to turn the ball over on downs with less than two minutes to play.Carlos Hyde ran three times and appeared to have a first down that would have run out the clock only to have it overturned when officials ruled his elbow touched the ground short of the marker."I definitely thought that we had the first down," Hyde said. "But they changed the call. We got to get it right there. If we're going to win the game, we got to get that one."The Raiders took over at their 47 with 1:28 to go and Carr led a game-tying drive reminiscent of 2016, when he had seven fourth-quarter comebacks. After failing to deliver late in the first three games this season, Carr threw a 7-yard TD to Jared Cook with 30 seconds left and then added the game-tying 2-point conversion to Jordy Nelson.Carr finished with 437 yards passing and four TDs."The start of this year and half of this game has been some of the hardest stuff I've ever had to deal with, because it's frustrating things," Carr said. "I feel the best — physically, mentally, all of those things that I ever have. But then I screw something up somewhere along the way. I'll tell you this though, one thing I just said and looked to our guys and said fight."Here are some other takeaways:BAKER'S DAYMayfield threw for 295 yards and two TDs in his first career start but also had two interceptions and lost two fumbles. Those turnovers helped prevent him from becoming the third Browns QB out of 30 to win his first start with the team since the franchise returned in 1999."He's going to learn," coach Hue Jackson said. "He's got football intelligence. Today, as he goes through it, he'll understand Authentic Damarious Randall Jersey , and we've talked about it a little bit, just how important those things are. You got to be team-protecting in certain situations, but you don't want to rein him in, because I like the things he's doing."BEAST MODEAs the Raiders struggled to move the ball early in the game, Marshawn Lynch let his teammates know it on the sideline. He then responded with his biggest game in years, running for 130 yards in his most productive game since 2014 and inspiring his teammates by running through several tackles."He was saying basically that we're putting the game on our backs," left tackle Kolton Miller said. "They're running behind us, it starts with us, he gave us really encouraging words. He said 'I'm going to run with y'all' and that really boosted us."CHUBBS RUNSBrowns rookie Nick Chubb scored on runs of 63 and 41 yards, while carrying only three times all day. His 63-yard TD run was the longest by a Browns rookie since Lee Suggs had a 78-yard score on Dec. 28, 2003, and the third-longest run in the NFL this season. Chubb is also the first Browns rookie RB to surpass the 100-yard mark since Terrence West on Sept. 7, 2014.MCCRANE'S DAYThe Raiders were forced to turn to their third kicker this week when Mike Nugent was placed on IR with a hip injury after taking over for the previously injured Eddy Pineiro. They turned to rookie McCrane, who was initially signed this spring by Arizona as an undrafted free agent after setting the Kansas State record for career FGs. McCrane missed his first field goal from 47 yards and then a 50-yarder on the opening possession of OT before connecting on the game-winner. Custom Dallas Cowboys Jerseys