DETROIT — The Browns looked refocused and recharged for most of Sunday’s game against the Lions. It wasn’t enough to lift them to their first win of the season.
After a bye week to collect themselves, Cleveland fell to Detroit, 38-24, at Ford Field despite rushing for a season-high 201 yards against one of the league’s best run defenses.
Indeed, running backs Isaiah Crowell, Duke Johnson Jr. and rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer each finished with at least 50 yards on 33 combined carries. But as has been the case this season, self-inflicted wounds, missed opportunities and 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter proved to be the Browns' undoing.