BALTIMORE — The Browns are a one-phase team right now and if they can’t figure out the other two, they’re in for a very long season.

Yes, the Browns gave up a ton of points, but let’s be honest — they did their job for much of the game but ran out of steam on a day when they were the only phase of the team doing any sort of lifting.

The Browns lost, 41-17, and it seems strange to sing the praises of the defense given the finish, but they were bound to crumble under the expectation that nothing short of perfection would even give this team a chance.

Everything felt difficult for the offense a week after they controlled possession against the Bengals and did enough to win — until their kicking game let them down. Any honest assessment of that performance, though, had to include that it

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