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Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore: The Joe Flacco Years, yes that Joe Flacco

To this day I’m still not sure how on God’s green earth Joe Flacco dominated the Cleveland Browns as he did between 2008 and 2019. In his first game against the Browns, the former Delaware Bluehen went a measly 13-of-19 and threw two interceptions with a passer rating of 47 and still he and his Ravens destroyed the Browns 28-10.

During one long stretch that lasted five years, Flacco and the Ravens beat Cleveland 11 times in a row. He won more games in his career, 17 to be exact, against the Browns than any other team he competed against. He also threw a career-best 27 touchdowns against Cleveland and he even ran four more touchdowns in on the ground.

There was the rare occasion where the Browns did beat the Ravens during these Flacco years, like early in the 2015 campaign when journeyman Josh McCown led the Browns to a 33-30 overtime win in Baltimore. In only their second win of this stretch, they also beat Flacco in 2013 by the score of 24-18 when Jason Campbell was the Cleveland quarterback and Gary Barnidge was the Browns tight end.

Barnidge caught a touchdown in that game. But wins were hard to come by for a team that had trouble against a former Bluehen quarterback. Who would have guessed that? Not I!