Dorian Thompson-Robinson finished with 170 passing yards with an interception and a lost fumble.
Jerry Jeudy caught twelve passes and ninety-four to lead the position players.
Cleveland floats to a 3-13 record in a hopeless universe and will travel to Baltimore next Saturday to conclude a dreadful campaign.
Brownie Bits
1) Enough of this nonsense that Dorian Thompson-Robinson needs to play to "see what he has"!
I wrote last week about this but the fact was driven home again against the Dolphins.
They know what he has.
2) All of that said, it doesn't hurt anyone to start him in Baltimore.
The Ravens have a division title to lock down and are motivated to crush the Browns after losing to them in Cleveland, and it doesn't matter who the Browns start at this point.
The Browns can start DTR, Jameis Winston, or Bailey Zappe (who lit up the Browns in 2022), you can make a case for starting any of the three, and the Browns still aren't winning although I would rate Winston, Zappe, and then DTR if making a list of most likely to shock the world.
3) I complained last week about Jerry Jeudy's lack of looks (three targets, two catches for twenty yards) during the loss to Cincinnati.
In typical Browns fashion, DTR threw to Jeudy eighteen times, completing a dozen, which seemed a bit much but credit for trying to get Jeudy the ball at least.
4) The Browns look like the same listless team that dug a deep hole with DeShaun Watson.
No one gets down the field, and the quarterback can't get them the ball if they did and you get this weird offense that throws the ball a lot (47 attempts in the loss) yet never seems to get anywhere with the Browns longest passing gain of the day, a mere eighteen yards to Jerry Jeudy.
5) The loser in the passing game with the increased Jeudy use?
Elijah Moore caught one pass of five thrown to him for one yard.
6) The Browns tried fourth down on four occasions and failed on each of them.
7) Miami didn't light the scoreboard up but it had to be rewarding for their winning quarterback Tyler Huntley, who the Browns released following training camp to keep Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
Huntley completed twenty-two of twenty-six passes and threw a touchdown in a win.
8) Myles Garrett sacked Tyler Huntley twice and became the first player to have fourteen or more sacks in four straight seasons.
It's quite an achievement for Garrett but I could have done without the dancing considering the Browns were down ten points when Garrett dumped Huntley.
9) Entering the season, cornerback Martin Emerson was seen as a possible franchise cornerstone with an extension offering as a formality after the season.
Instead, Emerson has struggled and is easily the team's biggest disappointment on defense.
Emerson intercepted a pass against Miami but grabbed the ball by committing one of the worst pass-interference penalties, as he just eliminated Jonnu Smith from the play in the second quarter.
In the third, Emerson grabbed Tyreek Hill's facemask in another ridiculous penalty, indicative of his regression this season.
10) Good news department- Dustin Hopkins made a kick! Hopkins made his only attempt with a twenty-five-yarder in the second quarter.
Who says I am always negative?
11) I think the Browns have a bright spot in recent weeks as Isaiah McGuire has shown potential as a pass rusher.
McGuire played well against Kansas City two games ago and has collected sacks against Cincinnati and Miami.
It'll be interesting to see if the Browns give the 2023 fourth-rounder a chance for a starting position at defensive end in 2025.
12) This was an awful football game and I'm torn about which will be better to watch- the ineptness but reasonably close game as this one (the game was ten points or less until the middle of the fourth quarter) or the likely blowout game this Saturday vs Baltimore in which the game will be lopsided but you'll see some strong play from the Ravens?
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