The Cleveland Browns defense was fantastic in the first half against the Ravens. If it weren't for a special teams blunder where Baltimore blocked a punt, they likely would've held Lamar Jackson and the Ravens offense without a touchdown for an entire half of football. But the Ravens blocked the punt and scored a touchdown on the ensuing drive.
The Browns' offense struggled in the first half to sustain drives and achieve any long drives. Quinshon Judkins showed promise, and once he can take on a full starter workload, this offense will be made a good bit better. Despite some awful offense and a special teams blunder, the Browns entered halftime down by just a touchdown, 10-3.
After the Ravens started the second half with a field goal drive, Browns quarterback Joe Flacco threw a terrible interception that resulted in a big return and later a Ravens touchdown. The Browns were able to answer with a touchdown on a fourth-down pass that was deflected but caught in the endzone by Cedric Tillman.
Unfortunately, the Browns' defense could only do so much as Lamar Jackson made some big plays and got another touchdown on the board to push the lead back to three scores. The Browns' offense started to drive the ball, but Flacco was strip-sacked on fourth down, and it was returned for a touchdown to put the game out of reach.
It was a very bad day for the offense, from coaching down to the execution, and the defense could only do so much without any help as the Browns fell to 0-2.
Box Score: Baltimore 41, Cleveland 17
Team Stats: BAL/CLE
Total Plays: 53/72
Total Yards: 243/322
Yds Per Play: 4.6/4.5
Passing: 197/208
Rushing: 46/114
Penalties: 6-28/6-42
Turnovers: 0/2
Time of Poss: 28:11/31:49
Scoring Plays:
Ravens: Tyler Loop 43 Yard Field Goal
Ravens: Tylan Wallace 15 Yard TD catch from Lamar Jackson
Browns: Andre Szmyt 38 Yard Field Goal
Ravens: Tyler Loop 32 Yard Field Goal
Ravens: Devontez Walker 2 Yard TD catch from Lamar Jackson
Browns: Cedric Tillman 18 Yard TD catch from Joe Flacco
Ravens: Devontez Walker 24 Yard TD catch from Lamar Jackson
Ravens: Roquan Smith 64 Yard fumble recovery for a TD
Ravens: DeAndre Hopkins 23 Yard TD catch from Lamar Jackson
Browns Offensive Players:
Joe Flacco: 25/45, 199 Yards, 1 TD, 1INT. 1 carry 8 Yards
Dillon Gabriel: 3/3, 20 Yards, 1 TD
Quinshon Judkins: 10 carries, 61 Yards. 3 catches, 10 Yards
Jerome Ford: 6 carries, 30 Yards. 5 catches, 23 Yards
Isaiah Bond: 1 carry, 9 Yards. 1 catch, 6 Yards
Dylan Sampson: 4 carries, 6 Yards. 3 catches, 13 Yards, 1 TD.
Jerry Jeudy: 4 catches, 51 Yards.
Harold Fannin Jr: 5 catches, 48 Yards.
David Njoku: 4 catches, 40 Yards
Cedric Tillman: 2 catches, 22 Yards, 1 TD.
Jamari Thrash: 1 catch, 6 Yards
Browns Defense Players:
Devin Bush: 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 TFL, 2 PD
Greg Newsome II: 7 tackles, 1 TFL
Grant Delpit: 5 tackles, 1 PD
Mason Graham: 5 tackles, 1 TFL
Myles Garrett: 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 TFL
Carson Schwesinger: 5 tackles
Rayshawn Jenkins: 4 tackles
Cameron Thomas: 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks
Myles Harden: 2 tackles, 1 PD
Players with 1 tackle: Denzel Ward, Isaiah McGuire, Mohamoud Diabate, Cameron Mitchell, Alex Wright, Adin Huntington, Shelby Harris, Maliek Collins.
Browns Kicking:
Andre Szmyt: FG 1/1 XP 2/2
Corey Bojorquez: 5 punts, 44.6 Yards per punt, 3 inside the 20, Long 53 Yards