BALTIMORE (AP) — The Browns have a week off to secure solutions to the deep list of problems holding them up from returning to the postseason.
Cleveland came up with a clunker of a performance Sunday night against the AFC North-leading Baltimore Ravens, losing 16-10.
The 6-6 Browns had ill-timed and foolish penalties and an ineffective offense, and failed to capitalize on four interceptions.
Cleveland never could get its top-ranked running game going.
In a scheduling quirk, the Browns will have a rematch with the Ravens in Cleveland on Dec. 12 after the bye week.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson provided one brilliant highlight during an otherwise subpar performance.
Jackson scrambled all the way back to about the 35-yard line before lofting a pass over the middle to a remarkably open Mark Andrews in the end zone.
That made it 13-3 and the Ravens held on.