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By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Monday, Dec 03, 2007
GLENDALE, ARIZ.: Eric Steinbach's face is always red after games, but the Browns' left guard looked a little more livid after Sunday's 27-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Steinbach was riled up after the Cardinals turned two Browns turnovers into touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead with 4:59 left in the first quarter.
It continued a trend. The Browns fell behind 16-0 in the second quarter at the Oakland Raiders, 14-0 in the first quarter at the St. Louis Rams, 20-0 at halftime at the New England Patriots and 21-6 in the second quarter against the Seattle Seahawks. The Browns are 2-3 in those instances and have scored first in only four of 12 games this year.
''We've shown we can score quick. But why wait until the end of the game?'' Steinbach said. ''We've done it too many times where we've come out slow and realize at the end of the game, 'Oh, now we've got to go out and do it.' We've got to quit doing that. Those are the things that are going to bite us in the (butt) in the end, and that's what happened.''
Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards was just as distressed as Steinbach.
''I told you guys before or after the Steelers game it's going to catch up with us sooner or later,'' Edwards said. ''We can't keep starting off flat, playing from behind. It's working for us. But sooner or later we'll play a team where you won't get that play. They won't give in. They'll keep making plays just enough to win, and that's what (the Cardinals) did.''
The Browns (7-5) still came within inches of winning on the final play. Tight end Kellen Winslow appeared to be forced out of the end zone on a hit by strong safety Oliver Celestin, but side judge Joe Larrew ruled what would have been a 37-yard touchdown catch incomplete. The replay official upheld his call.
''If we got that call, I would have said, 'Browns to
the Super Bowl,''' Edwards said. ''We've been getting call after call after call. I've had six or seven plays challenged on my end and we won them all. The field goal against Baltimore, my call today (on a 67-yard touchdown). If we'd have gotten (Winslow's), that would have spoken volumes about the turnaround in Brownstown.''
But, Edwards added, ''We didn't deserve to win.''
The Browns lost four turnovers and the Cardinals turned them into 21 points. Quarterback Derek Anderson threw two interceptions, his first multiple-interception day since Oct. 7, and fumbled away a snap. Joshua Cribbs bumped into teammate Daven Holly and muffed a punt return in the third quarter. Ex-Browns defensive back Ralph Brown recovered the ball, setting up a touchdown.
The Browns also were penalized 10 times for 77 yards.
Team captain Willie McGinest said everything that went wrong was not a result of the Browns thinking about wild-card playoff possibilities.
''Just because we lost the game doesn't mean everybody was out here thinking about the playoffs,'' McGinest said. ''We tried to prepare hard and came out ready to go and it didn't happen that way.''
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/.
GLENDALE, ARIZ.: Eric Steinbach's face is always red after games, but the Browns' left guard looked a little more livid after Sunday's 27-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
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