Cedric Tillman caught six passes for seventy-five yards with an excellent catch late in the game for the Browns' only touchdown.
Cleveland is now 2-7 and will take next Sunday off.
Brownie Bits
1) The game ended for good in the third quarter when Jameis Winston led the Browns down the field and threw to the corner of the end zone to an open Jerry Jeudy when Tarheeb Still tipped the ball in the air to Elijah Molden for an interception.
I don't think that one can be held against Winston, as he threw the ball accurately and the defender just made a super play.
2) The Browns secondary had several breakdowns resulting in wide-open receivers and two Charger touchdowns.
Denzel Ward struggled in particular on those two touchdowns and it was clear on both scores that someone didn't take care of their responsibilities.
That someone appeared to be veteran safety Juan Thornhill, who has been a disappointment since arriving from Kansas City.
Twice in the same game and then people wonder why teams lose games.
3) Jameis Winston may have gotten a pass on the end zone interception but he doesn't on his other two interceptions and honestly, the Chargers should have gotten one or two more.
Last week, many Browns media members were chuckling it up as the "Jameis Winston experience".
They weren't wrong but it doesn't seem so funny now.
4) Myles Garrett collected three first-half sacks and hit Justin Herbert several other times.
It was one of those Garrett games that happen a few times a year and even good tackles are made to look average.
5) Cedric Tillman continues to develop and his catch in garbage time meant nothing in deciding the game but staying in bounds for the score showed the improvement in Tillman's game over the last month.
Tillman did drop a pass near the goal line on the play before the end zone
If there is any bright spot from the season, it is Cedric Tillman's development, and should he continue to progress, he could be the Browns offensive MVP at season's end.
6) The offensive line allowed six sacks, two and a half to Tuli Tuipulotu ( who had one entering the game) and two to Morgan Fox (who had 1.5 entering the game).
The Browns lost Dawand Jones during the game and Jedrick Wills replaced him.
That says it all.
7) During the game, the popular website Pro Football Talk was reporting that the Browns were close to trading defensive Za'Darius Smith to the Detroit Lions and the trade could be announced as soon as Monday.
Smith made one tackle in the game (for a loss) in what is expected to be his Browns swan song.
8) Comment of the day from analyst Adam Archuleta "The Browns defense has played well until other than those three plays".
Those three plays were touchdowns. Those pesky touchdowns.
9) Dustin Hopkins had a fifty-one-yard field goal attempt blocked by the Chargers and while it was blocked, it didn't take much effort as the kick never got above the blocker's chest.
The blocker merely needed to come forward, he never needed to raise his arm.
10) The Browns running game was almost non-existent, finishing with only seventy-nine yards for an average of 3.3 per rush.
Nick Chubb's thirty-nine yards led the team but the Browns lack of a running game led to the reliance on Jameis Winston and forty-six passes won't win many games.
11) This season is over and the pipe dream ended after a week.
That's a good thing, now the real problem begins- how to rebuild and do you trust the guys that created the problems to rebuild?
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