Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass but was intercepted once, and a fumble resulted in a Baltimore defensive score.
Quinshon Judkins rushed for sixty-one yards to lead the ground game.
The 0-2 Browns return home next week to host the 2-0 and explosive Green Bay Packers.
Good luck.
Brownie Bits
1) Joe Flacco was mediocre in his return to Baltimore, with 199 yards with a touchdown, an interception, and a fumble returned for a touchdown.
Flacco didn't always have time to throw, and Kevin Stefanski didn't help him any with play calls that rolled Flacco out but...
2) His interception was pretty bad and one that you don't expect a veteran to make.
Flacco threw into double coverage with Nate Wiggins as the second defender waiting for Flacco to throw and then hawking it away.
Flacco should have thrown the ball away.
3) The fumble that Roquan Smith recovered wasn't as much Flacco's fault.
It was fourth down, and Flacco was attempting to do anything against the Ravens' rush to get the ball away.
Flacco was trying to hang in the pocket and make something happen, and he fumbled; it happens.
4) Dillon Gabriel made his debut in garbage time with the game decided and led the team to a late touchdown with Gabriel hitting fellow rookie Dylan Sampson for a score.
It was a promising start, but it was clear that Baltimore had pulled many of their starters, and it wasn't much more than a preseason game.
5) Quinshon Judkins made his debut with sixty-one yards on ten carries, thirty-one yards on one rush.
If the Browns have any hopes of winning with "Stefanski Ball," Judkins will have to be the main reason, as this team lacks any notable weapons.
6) The lone Browns touchdown came on an ironic play as Baltimore's Marlon Humphrey literally watched the ball squirt through his hands and landed with a waiting Cedric Tillman for the score.
7) It was ironic because earlier in the drive, Humphrey hit a sliding Joe Flacco late, and the referees threw a flag only for a replay review to overrule the call.
8) Jerry Jeudy made one nice leaping catch and finished with four catches for fifty-one yards.
Jeudy also dropped two passes (as he did in game one) and still appears to not fit the role of a number one receiver.
9) The Browns defense deserved better than a box score of 41 points.
They were on the field all game and often had to fend off bad field position.
10) Cleveland did manage to shut down Derrick Henry, who rushed for only twenty-three yards on eleven carries, and they kept Lamar Jackson from running as Jackson ran only twice.
11) Denzel Ward missed much of the second half with cramping issues, and the secondary, hampered by the preseason loss of Martin Emerson, looks very soft.
Cameron Mitchell was beaten three times for touchdowns, two of those by Dez Walker.
This appears to be a major problem.
12) Baltimore scored a touchdown on a short field after a blocked punt by Corey Bojorquez.
The punting unit is often the best on the team, so it was disappointing to see the protection break down and Ronnie Hickman whiff on the block.
13) It's going to get worse before it gets better with the powerful Packers coming to Cleveland next week.
This could be ugly by Lake Erie.
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