The Cleveland Browns dropped to 0-5 on the season following Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots.
It wasn’t so much that the Browns loss – they are winless on the season and the Patriots are the Patriots – but more so that this was the first loss all season where the Browns never seemed to be in the game.
Rather than keeping things close and then seeing New England pull away, the game was essentially over early in the second quarter after the Patriots scored on their third consecutive possession to take a 23-7 lead.
It also didn’t help matters that the Browns played the entire second half without starting quarterback Cody Kessler, who left the game late in the second quarter with a rib and chest injury.