The Browns opened and closed the game with special teams disasters. The final spectacle brought the insignificant game under the limelight.
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This left the Browns needing only about 15-20 yards to get into field goal range to attempt their own game-winning field goal.
Coons’ potential game-winner from 51 yards was deflected by Urban, who was making his National Football League debut after missing his rookie season with a knee injury and then tearing a biceps in training camp. A wild win for the Ravens and sudden death for the hapless Browns and their long suffering fans, some who showed up for the game wearing brown paper bags over their heads. It’s the Browns. And they’re now tied with the Titans for the worst record in football.
It was the first time Schaub won a game he started since September 2013, though it wasn’t pretty. He was on the Ravens’ practice squad until being activated the week leading up to the game. That touchdown tied the game 27-27.
That set the stage for the dramatic finish.
The spectators of the First Energy Stadium chanted “Johnny, Johnny”. Josh McCown looks to have some type collarbone injury and from the sound of things it seems as if it is a season ending injury.
Pettine said he would “take everything into consideration” when deciding which quarterback starts. Gilbert made one tackle.
As far as this season goes, Davis is an upgrade over Manziel in all aspects. He hit wide receiver Chris Givens for a 48-yard gain down the middle of the field.
RUSHING-Baltimore, Allen 12-55, West 7-37, Schaub 3-10, Givens 1-2.
The primary accusations: that Baltimore’s Anthony Levine Sr. was lined up in the neutral zone when the ball was snapped, and that Hill had stepped out of bounds during his Cleveland-crushing runback.
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Ravens quarterback Matt Schaub had two TD passes as part of his 232 yards, with his team getting on the board via an 82-yard punt return by rookie Kaelin Clay. The 14-point lead was the Ravens’ biggest of the season, but it was extremely shortlived. McCown is fine as a placeholder, but the team definitely needs to find their quarterback of the future. Travis Benjamin, Brian Hartline, Dwayne Bowe and Marlon Moore are all the Browns have at he position right now. If the Baltimore Ravens were to play the Cleveland Browns every week, they might be the playoff contenders everyone expected at the beginning of the season instead of 4-7 and five games out of first place in the AFC North with five games remaining. His final QB rating was 93.3. However, McCown threw three consecutive incompletions and Cleveland settled for Coons’ 21-yard field goal.
