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MNF: Cleveland Browns lose stunner in final seconds

CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 30: Will Hill #33 of the Baltimore Ravens returns a blocked field goal for a touchdown in front of Jim Dray #81, Cameron Erving #74 and Andy Lee #8 of the Cleveland Browns during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium on November 30, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. Baltimore won the game 33-27. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 30: Will Hill #33 of the Baltimore Ravens returns a blocked field goal for a touchdown in front of Jim Dray #81, Cameron Erving #74 and Andy Lee #8 of the Cleveland Browns during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium on November 30, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. Baltimore won the game 33-27. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
By Jay Morrison
Dec 1, 2015

A Cleveland Browns team that has lost games in seemingly every fashion imaginable found yet another way to rip out the hearts of their fans on Monday Night Football.

After rallying to tie the game at 27-27 on a touchdown pass from Austin Davis to Travis Benjamin with 1:55 to remaining, the Browns were in position to win the game when Tramon Williams intercepted Baltimore quarterback Matt Schaub at the Ravens 46-yard line.

Despite having 5o seconds and two timeouts to get into field goal range, the Browns only ran two plays. A 6-yard pass from Davis to Brian Hartline got them to the Baltimore 40, and they wouldn’t snap the ball again until there were 18 seconds left. Davis scrambled out of the pocket and intentionally slid in bounds at the 33.

Cleveland called timeout to stop the clock with nine seconds left, then the Ravens called one to ice rookie kicker Travis Coons, who was 18 for 18 on field goal attempts to begin his career.

Eventually Coons lined up for a 51-yarder to win the game, and this happened:

It was just the latest last-second loss for the snakebitten Browns, as former Bengals beat writer and long-suffering Browns season ticket holder Joe Reedy pointed out on Twitter:
And there's this, too.

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