First quarter: Scoreless as Ravens botch scoring chance
I usually do a live blog on these games, but newspaper deadlines will make that difficult tonight. … So I'll try to keep up as best I can, until the job requirement for the paper takes precedence. … Third down and Browns run Wildcat. Cribbs flips to Mohamed Massaquoi on reverse. Ravens stop it, but like the call. At least it was different. … How are the Browns supposed to win this game with their best player, Dave Zastudil, not playing? … This has been the slowest 5:06 of football ever played. … Baltimore has used all their first-half timeouts (one via replay challenge) 6:15 into the game. … Ravens throw for 3 yards on third-and-8. And they follow by missing a field goal. … Little happens in the first quarter. Cleveland 0, Baltimore 0.
Second quarter: Still scoreless
More than halfway through quarter two and there's still no score. … The Browns has done some good thing, but has not sustained anything. Brady Quinn is running an offense based on rollouts and quick throws, and the Browns are sticking with it. … No points though. … Both teams have 94 total yards. … The Browns have 51 passing yards, the Ravens 41. … The Browns defense is playing pretty dadgum well right now. … Jason Trusnick called for ""low hit" on quarterback. Another ridiculous NFL rule. … This game has all the excitement one would expect from a 0-0 score. … Browns defense is playing pretty well. … Officials do nothing through an entire TV timeout, then once the commercials end decide to review a play. NFL replay is a complete caricature of itself. … No rhythm at all to this half. … Cleveland 0, Baltimore 0.
Second half: Baltimore wins, big surprise
Well I had to write during the second half. But this is my summary: Baltimore played a two-minute game and won easily. The Browns offense treats scores like they're against the rules. Baltimore 16, Cleveland 0.
Second half
Well I had to write during the second half. But this is my summary: Baltimore played a two-minute game and won easily. The Browns offense treats scores like they're against the rules. … God bless Eric Mangini, down 16-0 with 3-plus minutes left and he was calling timeout to get the ball back. … Brady Quinn: 13-for-31 for 99 yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions. Rating: 23.45. … Not sure how much we learned about him tonight. … The Browns had the ball 13 times. They punted nine times, threw two interceptions and took a knee to end the first half and ran out the clock to end the game. … The way this looks Detroit should be favored by 12. Baltimore 16, Cleveland 0.
I still want to see Jake Locker play in his bowl game, but right now I hope he is available when the Browns pick…of course, EVERYONE might be available when the Browns pick.
Massaquoi is the only player with a reception over 10 yards.
after listening to gruden kiss mangini's butt all game i kind of miss tony kornholer.
WOW…Quinn can't even throw the ball inbounds!
What a horrible game
gotta love those deep passes by quinn! nothing to lose and he can't even manage to get them to land inbounds.
Quinn's final QB rating: 22.6
ZERO POINTS
Wow we improved after the bye.
WORSE WITH EVER PASSING GAME!
Mangini better get fired tom.!
Well, I hope Paddy Mac finally realizes that Brady Quinn is not the answer.
I think if the NFL can widen the football field by about 20 feet next year we might still be able to use Quinn next year.
DS GOOD ONE!
"Not sure how much we learned about him tonight."
you're not sure yet pat? i'm pretty sure quinn is not a starting qb in the nfl.
Mangini says Quinn played good first half
mangini lives in an alternate reality.
If only Quinn could have thrown the ball in bounds at the end one could make the excuse that the play calling messed him up. It did, and possibly he might have been closer to on target if the Browns had sent a receiver down the field even once before the junk time … but that would be really trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.
I get the game plan. Big rush — so quick, short passes. And the rush sure was there in a hurry, but did everyone see how there would be like 9 Ravens in the backfield every time the Browns tried to run around the end?
Still, I hope the Browns don't go back to Anderson.
I liked Gruden's comments, too. Maybe he'll be the coach next year!
I'm not sure what kind of excuses can be made for this. It is 100% on the coaches (especially Dabol and Mangini).
Ryan had the defense fired up an playing good for most of the game.
Any word on Cribbs condition? He was carted off the field at the end.
Well, I'll try to be positive – the defense played well. The offense went from terrible with Anderson to pitiful with Quinn. Well, matter what we do in the offseason as far as the head coach goes, I really hope we keep Ryan on as d-coordinator. I like the young LBs Trusnik and the Kaluka guy. Really, only 2 real bad plays by the D – the big pass play in which McDonald got out of position and the next play where we only had 10 men on the field and gave up the TD. Held an above-average offense to only around 270 yards. The only thing we can do is draft mostly offense in next year's draft at this point. I'm still against drafting a 1st round QB, but I may not be by the end of the year. I guess sticking with Quinn for the rest of the season makes sense, but don't think we'll have a better chance winning with him over Anderson. When we went down 7-0 I sent a text to my co-worker – "game over". I saw nothing that would make me believe that Quinn would lead us to a TD. I don't think we even came close to the red zone all night. Did we even break the Raven's 40?
I love how Cribbs gets hurt in the last seconds of a game that they had no chance of winning, really… why not just throw the ball out of bounds again, that just shows how bad the Browns offense and play calling really is.