{"id":106404,"date":"2022-10-24T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/browns-fuming-mad-after-two-late-flags-and-blocked-fg-in-23-20-loss-to-the-ravens-for-2-5-mark\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:46:39","slug":"browns-fuming-mad-after-two-late-flags-and-blocked-fg-in-23-20-loss-to-the-ravens-for-2-5-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/browns-fuming-mad-after-two-late-flags-and-blocked-fg-in-23-20-loss-to-the-ravens-for-2-5-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns fuming mad after two late flags and blocked FG in 23-20 loss to the Ravens for 2-5 mark"},"content":{"rendered":"
BALTIMORE, Md. \u2014 You know the Browns have sunk to a new low when players are screaming at the top of their lungs in the locker room, like they did after Sunday’s 23-20 loss to the Ravens, their fourth straight defeat to drop to 2-5.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s just a lot of guys who are passionate about winning, passionate about the game, and they’re going to voice their opinions,\u201d said defensive end Myles Garrett, who calmed the waters in the heated postgame. \u201cSometimes it spills out where people from the outside can hear. But nobody’s no worse for the wear. I think everybody is just very intent on winning and fixing what we have going wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Browns dug deep this week and renewed their commitment to winning, with everyone in the organization doing more to snap their three-game losing streak here. Instead, they blew it at the end again, falling to 1-1 in the division heading into their big Halloween Monday Night Football game against the Bengals, who beat Atlanta 35-17 to improve to 4-3. <\/p>\n
The Ravens also moved to 4-3, and the Browns were left to do more soul-searching \u2014 and yelling about leadership and others things.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/b>I think the emotions of a football game are probably on us right now,\u201d said quarterback Jacoby Brissett (22-of-27, 258 yards, 5 sacks, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 106.5 rating, one lost fumble). <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think the guys in that room understand that hey, we’re allowed that until the end of the flight and then we get back in and we got to go back to work because we do have a big game coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Browns did a lot of what they set out to do \u2014 including limiting Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (9-of-16 attempts, 120 yards, 80.2 rating, 59 yards rushing) and tight end Mark Andrews (0-of-2) \u2014 but they found a new way to lose at the end.<\/p>\n
After leading 7-0 on a 2-yard in the Nick Chubb TD on their opening drive and 10-3 in the first quarter on a Cade York field goal, the Browns once again let one slip away that they could’ve won. They got two iffy calls at the end and a blocked 60-yard York field goal attempt with 2:01 remaining, after which the Ravens all but ran out the clock.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally disappointing and frustrating,\u201d said Browns coach Kevin Stefanski. \u201cYou play these games and you know they’re going to be close. Games in the NFL are close, games in our division are close. But you’ve got to find a way to win. And we didn’t do it today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Browns also lost the turnover battle again 2-1 thanks to fumbles by Brissett and Donovan Peoples-Jones, but they still had a chance to pull it out in the end.<\/p>\n
They pulled to within 23-20 with 9:00 left in the game on a 2-yard TD run by Kareem Hunt after an almost all-Nick Chubb drive on which he rushed for 12, 12 and 22 yards. <\/p>\n
The Ravens then embarked on a 12-play march to the Browns 24 and were well within the great Justin Tucker’s range for a field goal that would’ve made it 26-20 with just over 3:00 remaining. But Jeremiah Owusu-Koramah, who vowed to make more big plays, stripped running back Justice Hill after a 4-yard run, and Isaiah Thomas recovered.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot necessarily (thinking) that we’re going to win this thing, but you kind of celebrate and then reset your mind to a point where, ‘OK, we may have to go back on this thing,’\u201d Owusu-Koramoah said . \u201cThere’s a lot of time left.\u201d<\/p>\n