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The Cleveland Browns rebounded on Thursday night to post their second victory of the preseason Authentic Jabrill Peppers Jersey , a 5-0 defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles.The score may indicate otherwise, but it was far from a boring night at FirstEnergy Stadium, although it did leave the club and its fans with some questions just a little more than two weeks away from the season opener.Here are three quick takeaways from the game.The defense is evolving into something specialThe Browns are starting to see the payoff of a young group of players performing in the same defensive system for the second consecutive year.Defensive end Myles Garrett was unstoppable as he spent almost as much time in the Philadelphia backfield as starting quarterback Nick Foles. Garrett had two sacks and helped contribute to one of the four turnovers the Eagles committed on the night.The defensive front seven remains extremely energetic and are going to be a handful for opposing offenses this fall. The secondary, even though it was missing starting safety Damarious Randall for the entire game and starting cornerback Denzel Ward for most of it (more in him in a moment), also got in on the fun, helping to limit the Eagles to 162 passing yards and picking up an interception from Briean Boddy-Calhoun. The turnovers are something the team has been emphasizing, Boddy-Calhoun told clevelandbrowns.com:It may have only been a preseason game, but this defense is finally going to be fun to watch this season.The offense was out-of-syncIt may have just been one of those nights, or it could be a sign that the situation is not as optimistic as wide receiver Jarvis Landry believes, but the Browns offense just looked off all night long. At first glance the running game looked to be decent as Carlos Hyde and Nick Chubb combined to rush for 91 yards and average 4.3 yards per carry.But 33 of Hyde’s 45 yards came on one carry, as did 21 of Chubb’s 46 yards. Now those obviously count, but take away those two runs and Hyde and Chubb combined to rush for just 37 yards on their other 19 combined carries.The passing game was not much better, as Landry finished with just three receptions on 10 targets, and the quarterback trio of Tyrod Taylor, Baker Mayfield and Drew Stanton combined for just 120 passing yards while taking four sacks.Complicating matters was Taylor injuring his left (non-throwing) wrist when he landed on it awkwardly. He missed two offensive series before returning to the game, but never seemed right. Which calls into question why the Browns put him back in the game, especially sine Taylor on the sidelines gave Mayfield some unplanned playing time with starting offense. Which also leads us to our final takeaway.Injuries stinkWard leaving the game after the opening series with a back injury and Taylor doing something to his wrist are the top-of-mind problems for the Browns right now.But the team dodged a couple of major bullets when right tackle Chris Hubbard missed a few plays after having a player roll up the back of his leg. Likewise Youth David Njoku Jersey , Mayfield could have been seriously hurt when his head bounced off the leg of left tackle Shon Coleman on a sack.Luckily that was not the case, as Hubbard returned and Mayfield is reportedly going to be fine.The team won’t know for sure about Ward and Taylor until further tests are done, but it would not be a complete surprise if one or both of them are out for at least a little while.In Taylor’s case that is a problem as the last two games have shown the offense is nowhere near being one that looks ready for the regular season. And that puts head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator in a bind with next week’s final preseason game.Normally the starters would sit out the game, but since they still need work, especially on offense the temptation will be strong to put them out for a few series against the Detroit Lions.But that also puts them at risk for injury, and as good as the Browns have looked at times through the preseason, it has also become clear that their is a pretty significant drop off at some positions once the starters are on the sidelines.It is a big decision for Jackson, one that could have ramifications once the regular season comes around. The NFL is sticking with its officiating emphasis on quarterback hits, including those in which the tackler uses all or most of his body weight when falling on the quarterback.NFL football operations chief Troy Vincent said Thursday that the powerful competition committee has clarified to game officials the techniques used in such hits, which have been a source of debate through the first three weeks of the schedule. Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews has been called for three of them, two of which appeared to be normal tackles.A lack of consistency on such calls also has been a source of contention throughout the league. In its regularly scheduled conference call, the committee reviewed video of such plays from 2017 and this year."In reiterating its position on quarterback protection," Vincent says, "the committee determined there would be no changes to the point of emphasis approved this spring, or to the rule of which the body weight provision has been in place since 1995."The inconsistency led Matthews to suggest the league has gone soft. He argued that what constitutes a clean hit is anybody's guess nowadays."I don't know if that statement really expresses how they're going to call it moving forward," he said Thursday, adding if it will be status quo http://www.brownsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-larry-ogunjobi-jersey , "If that's the case, that's truly unfortunate because I think I speak on behalf of everybody that doesn't like the rule and the way it's being called and the way it's being officiated." Furthermore after seeing the video, too, all hits on the quarterback that came from straight on — which is what they teach you since peewee football with running backs, receivers or whatever, is to approach them head on if you can — those were all illegal hits, much like the two hits I had on Cousins and (Alex) Smith last week, which were conveniently left out of the video."Compounding the complaints: Dolphins DE William Hayes tore his right ACL trying to avoid landing on Raiders QB Derek Carr."He was trying to not put body weight on the quarterback," coach Adam Gase said of Hayes. "His foot got caught in the ground."He's one of our leaders and best run defender. That's going to be a tough one for us to swallow."Many of the calls have been difficult for defensive players and their coaches to swallow, and they've even gotten some support from quarterbacks."It helps me out because I'm a quarterback," said Deshaun Watson of the Texans. "But some of the calls are just kind of crazy."The competition committee's decision to remain with the status quo doesn't mean there will continue to be a flurry of such penalties. By clarifying the technique, the league is attempting to find some uniformity in the calls."I think we all have felt like it's all gone a little bit too far," said Fox analyst Mike Pereira, the former head of NFL officials. "But I think it'll seek a level that will get it back in sync with what the players think and what we all think."You know any time you put a new point of emphasis in, there's a point of adjustment to the players and the officials ... so again, an adjustment by both groups, the players and the officials."There have been 34 roughing-the-passer calls so far. While that works out to just one flag for every 100 pass attempts Jarvis Landry Jersey , it represents a massive increase over previous years. There were 16 such penalties through three weeks last season and 20 the year before that.Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, the top overall pick in the 2017 draft who had a roughing penalty in Week 1 rescinded by the league, sympathizes with Matthews and fellow defenders."It's ridiculous," he said Thursday. "I feel bad for Clay Matthews. He just can't win at this point right now. I mean I'm going to take them down how I have to. I saw what happened with Willie Hayes and that was, I wouldn't say depressing, but it was sad to see him doing his best to abide by the rules and get hurt."Garrett added he wouldn't risk injury to " lay him on the ground like he's a child."You just have to do what's best for you," he said. "He's going to be all right. Football is about getting hit and taking hits and giving hits. So if I get a penalty for saving my skin and trying to make big plays, then, oh well."There's only been a handful of flags, meanwhile, for players lowering their helmet, another point of emphasis, showing that players, coaches and officials have all adjusted accordingly to that rule change.AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton and Sports Writers Tom Withers and Genaro C. Armas contributed. Custom Denver Broncos Jerseys