CLEVELAND (AP) — Fans are scrambling to get their hands on tickets

White B.J. Hill Jerseys , jerseys and make their first Odell Beckham Jr. sighting.It’s only mid-March and Cleveland’s in a full-blown football frenzy. Expectations for the upcoming season, which were already enormous before the team traded for Beckham, have spun out of control.Browns general John Dorsey’s trying to rein them in.Super Bowl? Slow down, folks.“Expectations, I hear a lot about that, but I know this — good football teams, they win in the fall,” Dorsey said Thursday, a day after the Browns officially landed Beckham in a franchise-changing trade from the New York Giants. “What we have done is we have added some talent. Now, the chemistry part has to take over with it.“Teams win in the fall. They do not win in March, and that is good teams.”He’s constructed a pretty good one as well — at least on paper.Dorsey, who has transformed the Browns from winless to contenders in just more than a year, figured to make some moves during the offseason to upgrade his roster. However, when he recently said at the combine that he wasn’t prepared to “go for it” it appeared he would wait until the draft to add talent.That changed with his stunning acquisition of Beckham, one of the NFL’s biggest stars, along with Pro Bowl edge rusher Olivier Vernon in a trade from New York as well as signing defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson to a three-year, $36 million free agent contract. Dorsey also made several other moves designed to plug holes.As has been his way, Dorsey never tipped his hand.“We lay out certain plans on the time B.J. Hill Jerseys 2019 ,” Dorsey said. “At the end of the day, we have been consistent in saying that we are going to try to create competition at as many positions as we can going into training camp. With the addition of certain players that we have acquired, I think we will be competitive and we will begin to try to be competitive in the AFC North.”The Browns haven’t made the playoffs since 2002, when their division was created. For most of the past 20 years, they’ve been at the bottom, held down by powerful teams in Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cincinnati.But with the Steelers and Ravens reduced by offseason departures and Cincinnati starting over, the Browns have been ordained by some as the team to beat in the North.Imagine that.Dorsey insists his flurry of major moves was not influenced by anything external.“What we attempted to do here is add some good football players to the team, and then let’s go compete and let’s see how the group can come together as one and go and achieve the goals that they set for themselves and that the head coach sets for them,” he said. “That was not the plan.”The euphoria surrounding the Browns has further convinced Dorsey that Freddie Kitchens is the right coach.Kitchens’ first job as a head coach — at any level — will require him to not only strategize and develop players but manage major personalities in Beckham, quarterback Baker Mayfield and receiver Jarvis Landry.Dorsey isn’t worried about Kitchens.“Freddie is one of those individuals who I love because he is so straightforward and honest,” Dorsey said. “He is direct. He is going to set expectations high. There is that accountability level. He will make players be accountable.”A three-time Pro Bowler and one of the game’s most exciting players, Beckham comes to Cleveland with a sparkling resume tainted by some self-centered antics. He can be distracting and divisive.After signing him to a five-year, $90 million contract in August, the Giants apparently grew tired of Beckham and traded him.Dorsey is confident Beckham will be everything the Browns hope.“I know Odell is very passionate, know he is competitive and I know he can help this football team,” Dorsey said. “If you can get the chance to acquire a guy like that, you know what? Take a shot at him.”NOTES: Dorsey would not comment directly about interest in S Eric Berry White Kyle Lauletta Jerseys , who was released by Kansas City earlier this week. “I have known Eric Berry for a long time,” said Dorsey, who spent four seasons with the Chiefs. “He is a fine, fine person. Of course, we are going to do our research, and if we feel that he fits this organization, of course we will make some calls to his representatives.” The 2-6 New York Giants will get their first look at new acquisition Leonard Williams when they face the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football.This will be the Giants’ second prime-time game of the season and the Giants are hoping to hand Dallas some payback after being embarrassed on the way to a 35-17 loss on the road in week 1. The hope is that the addition of Williams will help spark the Giants’ defense, but the Giants face a tall task in slowing down the Cowboys’ offenseStats at a glanceNote, as they’re still new additions:“Pass Protection” is the offense’s pass block win rate and the defense’s pass rush win rate.“Turnovers” are the offense’s takeaways and the defense’s giveaways. Keys to the gameTry to slow Dak Prescott down.The first time around, way back in Week 1, I argued that with the addition of Amari Cooper at last year’s trade deadline, Dak Prescott was able to play like a top-10 quarterback. The assertion that Prescott, and not Ezekiel Elliott, was the Cowboys’ MVP and the most dangerous player on their offense was not well-received.And I can say that I was wrong about Prescott being a top-10 quarterback.He has consistently been a top-5 quarterback, top-3 in the league by some metrics.Dallas is third in passing yards per game and first in expected points added (EPA) per play. Prescott is second behind Pat Mahomes in EPA per drop back and narrowly second in passing success rate behind Drew Brees.Between Prescott’s development as a passer, the development of Michael Gallup, the additions of Cooper and Randall Cobb, and the play-calling of Kellen Moore Kyle Lauletta Jerseys 2019 , Dallas is fielding one of the most dangerous passing attacks in the NFL.The good news is that while Prescott is improved in almost every single category as a passer — completion percentage, air yards, aggressiveness, ANY/A, touchdown percentage, sack rate, and more — he is throwing interceptions at a higher rate than in previous years. If the Giants want to slow him, and the Cowboys’ offense, down, they are going to need to exploit any and every miscue Prescott happens to make.Scheme one-on-ones for Markus GoldenIf the Giants want to force miscues in Dallas’ passing game, they are going to need to pressure Prescott. That is going to be easier said than done, as the Cowboys’ offensive line is once again healthy and they have largely done a good job of protecting their quarterback.And while the Giants’ pass rush has been more productive than predicted, their win rate — the percent of rushes in which a defender beats a blocker in 2.5 seconds — is still among the worst in the NFL. But when the Giants do win, it has been because Markus Golden has gotten one-on-one match-ups.Golden has been the Giants’ best edge rusher, and while even he doesn’t win at a league-average rate when he does win he finishes at the quarterback. Despite having a below-average in rate Golden’s team-leading 6.0 sacks on the year ties him for 13th in the NFL.(That tendency to win infrequently but deliver sacks relatively often is an intriguing outlier and something I’ll be looking into over the Giants’ bye week.)One possibility is that Golden is among the least often double-teamed edge defenders in the league. Whatever other problems James Bettcher has had as the Giants’ defensive coordinator, he had done a good job of getting Golden one-on-one matchups against blockers.The Giants will also want to (try to) be aggressive with their blitz calls. Given Dallas’ success with play-action and the number of offensive weapons they have, it is difficult to blitz the Cowboys. Prescott has only been blitzed on 23 percent of his dropbacks, down from 32 percent last year White Evan Engram Jerseys , and he has only been hurried 15 times all season. Dallas has done an impressive job of keeping Prescott comfortable behind the line of scrimmage, and perhaps the only way forward for the Giants’ is to do whatever they can to make him uncomfortable.Beware runs in the red zoneThe other outlier of the Cowboys’ passing game is how few touchdowns Prescott has thrown, and how high his resulting touchdown to interception ratio has been. But Dallas still boasts one of the league’s best scoring offenses, and that is due in large part to Ezekiel Elliott. Elliott is still averaging 4.5 yards per carry on the ground, but his six rushing touchdowns are tied for fifth in the NFL. Elliott and Tony Pollard have accounted for 7 of Dallas’ 23 touchdowns, with Prescott and Tavon Austin adding another four.Dallas’ passing attack is better and more dangerous than its rushing attack, which “only” rates fourth in the NFL and their success rate is sixth. But if you are going to run the ball, it is best to be able to run the ball well in the red zone. The constricted field makes it harder for quarterbacks and receivers to find openings in the defense. While that also means that more defenders are going to be closer to the line of scrimmage, the fact that running plays tend to be faster to execute makes up for that.The Giants’ defense should be trying to force Dallas to punt or kick field goals, and generally, keep them out of the red zone entirely. But realistically, they will be within 20 yards of the end zone at points throughout the game, and when they are, the Giants need to be solid and disciplined in their run fits, as well as sound in their tackling.The Giants’ defense — and the Giants as a whole — face a tremendous uphill battle this week. That doesn’t mean things are hopeless, but they might need to play a perfect game.