In their most memorable season finisher game since the 2020 season, Cleveland battled on the two sides of the ball from the leap. The Browns surrendered enormous plays protectively and had two urgent hostile turnovers that Houston benefited from and put the Texans in a position to win 45-14. The Browns additionally couldn't track down a response disagreeably in the last part, as they were held scoreless.
Presently, the Browns will head into the offseason thinking about the positive and negatives of the 2023 season, as well as how they took care of all the difficulty with every one of their wounds from the principal seven day stretch of the ordinary season.
Key Minutes
QB Joe Flacco had two basic block attempts on consecutive hostile drives in the second from last quarter that put the game practically too far for Cleveland. While the Browns were walking down the field in the second from last quarter, Flacco's pass was captured by CB Steven Nelson, who ran for 82 yards on the returned for the score. Then, at that point, as the Browns got the ball back, they took the plunge on fourth-and-2. Flacco tossed a pass planned for TE Harrison Bryant yet was taken out by LB Christian Harris and returned for a score, giving the Texans a 38-14 lead.
The Texans fixed the success right off the bat in the final quarter on their most memorable hostile drive of the quarter. On the third play of the final quarter, QB C.J. Stroud gave the ball off to RB Devin Singletary, who ran for 19 yards into the end zone, giving the Texans a 45-14.
In any case, the Browns protection battled from the leap, as the unit surrendered three scores in the primary half. They surrendered a profound pass from Stroud to Collins for 37 yards and the third score of the game to give the Texans a 24-14 lead. The twice the Browns offense scored, the safeguard surrendered enormous plays and scoring drives to the Texans. Houston scored on a 76-yard score run in the subsequent quarter following RB Kareem Chase's second score of the principal half.
Chase put the Browns on the board in the principal half. Chase got a 11-yard pass from Flacco into the end zone for his second score of the primary half.
On the subsequent hostile drive of the game, Flacco associated with TE David Njoku for a profound pass for 45 yards and moved them downfield. It ultimately set the Browns up in the red zone after a pass to Cooper. Chase then, at that point, ran up the center off a strong block from Wyatt Teller into the end zone for the score.
Players of the Game:
RB Kareem Chase. Chase put the Browns on the board in the principal half with two scores. He completed the game with 26 hurrying yards and one surging score, as well as 9 getting yards and one getting score.
LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
Indeed, even as the Browns safeguard battled on protection on the whole, Owusu-Koramoah gave the Browns a lift. He had seven handles in the primary portion of the game. Owusu-Koramoah completed the game with eight handles and four handles for misfortune.
Detail of the Game:
The Browns surrendered 236 passing yards in the primary half to the Texans. Youngster QB C.J. Stroud finished 11-of-16 passes for 236 yards and three scores in the main half. Stroud completed the game finishing 16-of-21 passes for 274 yards.
What's the significance here?
The misfortune closes the Browns 2023 season. It's an unpleasant reality thinking about each of the wounds that the Browns have managed this season and the difficulty they have looked collectively. They completed the ordinary season 11-6 and procured a season finisher billet interestingly beginning around 2020, and they held an elevated degree of faith in what they could do. The misfortune will sting for quite a while, as the Browns didn't play on Saturday like they have for greater part of the time, particularly on edge side of the ball. Nonetheless, they will involve this game as a learning an open door as they head into the offseason and plan for the 2024 season.