5 Areas where Cleveland Browns need improvement in Week 4

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CLEVELAND, OHIO – SEPTEMBER 22: T.J. Carrie #38 of the Cleveland Browns celebrates his third quarter interception while playing the Los Angeles Rams at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

5. Capitalizing off turnovers

In the loss to the Rams, the Browns were shorthanded on defense but still held their own. They not only held the high-scoring Los Angeles offense to 20 points, but they also forced three turnovers. The first of those came late in the second quarter when Myles Garrett forced a fumble by sacking Jared Goff.

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The ball was recovered by Joe Schobert, but the Browns didn’t move the ball at all as Baker Mayfield threw three incompletions in a row. They still managed three points as Austin Seibert knocked in a 35-yard field goal, but they only scored due to the defense giving them the ball at the Rams 17-yard line.

With their other two turnovers, the Browns came up with nothing. With a 13-10 lead, T.J. Carrie picked off Goff and gave the offense the ball at midfield. Cleveland managed to move it just two yards and they then had to punt it away. Los Angeles scored on the next possession to go up 17-13.

Then with the score 20-13, the defense again stepped up as Juston Burris picked off a Goff pass and gave Cleveland a chance to tie it up. This time they finally started to move the ball as they went 53 yards on 10 plays, but it ended with Mayfield throwing an interception of his own.

Looking ahead to Week 4, they can’t take the gifts such as those for granted. If Baltimore coughs the ball up at all, the offense needs to make them pay. The difference in some games is the turnover battle, but only if the team who wins that can capitalize on them. So far, Cleveland hasn’t been doing that.

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