Browns-Buckeyes Monday: Tyrod Taylor is J.T. Barrett, so that means Dwayne Haskins is …

CLEVELAND / COLUMBUS, Ohio – Every Monday, go here for the Browns-Buckeyes Monday, a look at the football weekend that connects teams two hours away from our readers. I will be at every game of the Ohio State this season and a lot of Browns games, and when I will not be there, I will always watch. So, this weekly play will bring together the thoughts that swirl around both teams. If you like both teams, great. If you like one and not the other, we will also try to interest you.

How? The first letters of each thought combine to spell a word or phrase that helps encapsulate the weekend. So here is Browns-Buckeyes on Monday.

Each throw that Dwayne Haskins made in the first two weeks of the Ohio State season threatened a defense. Or at least that seems to be the case.

Hitting moving receivers with a specific purpose puts an opponent on his heels. When you are in the stadium, you feel it. This is a command quarterback who does not care about what could go wrong. This is not a criticism, as his time is up and his career outstanding, but that has not always been the case with J.T. Barrett …

Now, that's the meaning with the Browns and Tyrod Taylor.

He is their J.T. Barrett.

The Buckeyes won a lot with Barrett – he was 38-6 as a starter. Just as Taylor has a winning record at 22-20-1 and led the Buffalo Bills to the playoffs last year.

But Ohio State fans feel the difference in this season compared to the last two seasons, at least by throwing the ball. And Browns fans felt Sunday, even in the rain, that there were still opportunities on the ground …

Just look at how Haskins dropped two perfect deep balls on Johnnie Dixon's hands for the touchdowns Saturday, for 38- and 44-yard touchdowns. Dixon has never broken the stride …