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But for the second time this season, Andrews was held largely in check, catching three passes for 31 yards. In overtime, Cleveland won the toss but Kizer threw an interception to Packers rookie safety Josh Jones. Adams later scored on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Hundley to seal a 27–21 Green Bay win. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–9, clinching a losing record for the 10th consecutive season, extending their franchise record drought. The San Francisco 49ers' win over the New York Giants later that day left the Browns as the only winless team in the NFL through 10 weeks of the season.
John Dorsey, formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs, was hired as general manager the same day. To further add to these failures, offensive tackle Joe Thomas missed the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career, as he tore his left triceps on October 22, ending his season. Before his injury, Thomas had not missed a single snap since joining the league in 2007, a total of 10,363 plays. "We have a lot of work in front of us before we get to the point of playing games but we've had a good first week to start the offseason program," Jackson said, "and now we have the schedule to look toward." The Week 13 matchup against the Chargers will be played at the 27,000-seat StubHub Center, the team's temporary home before moving into a brand new, shared stadium with the Rams.
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Indianapolis finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head sweep. Denver finished ahead of the New York Jets based on head-to-head victory. Buffalo and Baltimore finished ahead of Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record. Tennessee finished ahead of Buffalo, Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record, claiming the No. 5 seed.
The Browns also finalized dates and times on their preseason schedule, which includes a nationally televised, Monday-night game against the New York Giants. With Christmas falling on a Sunday, almost the entire schedule is being played on Saturday the 24th, Christmas Eve. The Saturday night game between the Raiders and Steelers will be the only contest available on NFL Network. Starting in Week 15, there will be football games to watch the next two Saturdays, as fans get an early Christmas gift from the league. Some of this may amount to getting live reps with Chubb and Deshaun Watson on the field at the same time.
Browns HC Kevin Stefanski Talks About Deshaun Watson's Home Debut, Win Against Ravens
The season saw the Browns play in London for the first time in franchise history, in a 33–16 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on October 29. "The London game comes at a really good time, with the bye following the game, it's great to have that at the mid-season point," Jackson said. Cleveland Browns are up on the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 6-3 at halftime.
The previous week against the Cincinnati Bengals, Chubb tied his season-high for snaps to that point, playing 62.5 percent of the snaps in that game. The other time Chubb was on the field for that percentage of snaps was week three against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kareem Hunt only played 17 snaps against the Ravens, 26 percent of the team's offensive plays. That is far and away the lowest of the season and stands out for a few reasons. The biggest upset in this game was the Browns special teams outperforming the Ravens. That unit has been a massive liability for the majority of the year and the Ravens routinely are among the best in the league.
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The Browns also lost their 12th straight game against a divisional opponent. The Browns did not get a chance to score again, however, as the Steelers were able to run out the clock after a long pass from Roethlisberger to Brown. Browns head coach Hue Jackson challenged the ruling; however, the catch call on the field was upheld.
In overtime, the Titans scored the eventual game-winning field goal when Succop nailed it from 47 yards out to make the final score 12–9. The Browns returned home after a tough road loss to take on the Jaguars. The Jags scored first in the first quarter when Blake Bortles found Marcedes Lewis on a 10-yard pass to make it 7–0 for the quarter's only score. In the second quarter they made it 10–0 when Josh Lambo kicked a 38-yard field goal. The Browns got on the board when DeShone Kizer found Duke Johnson on a 27-yard pass to make it 10–7 at halftime. The Browns committed five turnovers, including two interceptions and two lost fumbles from Kizer.
The past month, that group has gotten the better of teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals. Including this one, the Browns are 3-1 in those games in no small part because of those contributions. The longest losing streak that the Cleveland Browns had during the 2017 regular season was 16 games, which happened once during the season.
For Chubb, he's adapting to not only taking the ball in more shotgun looks, but some of the read concepts the Browns are employing. The mesh alone takes time to work on, so adding that into some of their run concepts or throwing out of them can be tricky at first. It was important for the Browns to pick up a 4th-and-1 play where Watson was under center and the Browns ran power with Chubb to pick up the first down before scoring the game's only touchdown. Watson has operated almost exclusively out of the shotgun dating back to his days at Clemson.
Justin Tucker nailed a 53-yard field goal for the Ravens lone score. Tucker missed a kick that would have tied it as the half expired. Watson may not be fully back, but he took another step forward and showcased some of the talent the Browns gave up so much to acquire in this game. With an extra lease on the drive, Nick Chubb took a handoff 11 yards on the proceeding play. From there, Watson connected with Amari Cooper on back to back play, first for 16 on a cross field throw and then again wide open in the middle of the field for another 28 yards.
The loss also secured the #1 overall draft pick for a second straight season. The Browns became the first team since the 1999 and 2000 Browns to have the #1 overall pick in back-to-back drafts, and the first non-expansion team to do so since the 1994 and 1995 Cincinnati Bengals. The Browns were held winless at home for the first time since 1999.
They became the first franchise in NFL history to start 0–13 in consecutive seasons. The loss made the Browns 1–27 in the first 28 games under Jackson and Brown, overtaking the 1976–1977 Buccaneers (2–26) for the worst 28 game start under a head coach and general manager in NFL history. On December 7, Brown was relieved of his duties as executive vice president.
The pressure Watson can put on a defense with his legs as well as his arm aided the Browns efforts to run the ball. From the Ravens 18-yard line, Watson hit Harrison Bryant for five yards and then rookie Michael Woods II for four. On 3rd-and-1, Watson rolled out of the pocket and catching a defender between he and Woods, Watson tried to throw Woods toward the end zone. Unfortunately, Woods was running an arrow route with his hips pointed toward the line of scrimmage and was unable to get flipped around to go get the ball, falling incomplete.
Since beating the Bengals 24-3 on Nov. 16, 2014, the Browns have lost five consecutive two-score games against their in-state rivals. The can't-miss games on the schedule are home games against the Jets and Titans. Instead of a Thursday night NFL Network game, they'll host the Vikings in London's Twickenham Stadium Oct. 29 and then have a bye in week nine.
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