What an incredible football game. It appeared that Phil Dawson had missed a 51-yard field goal as time expired and that the Browns had lost the game. But the referees huddled and got the call right as Dawson’s kick was indeed good and the Browns won the game in OT as the dingbat Ravens kicked the ball right to Joshua Cribbs who had a nice return to set the Browns up in good field postion. Derek Anderson made a lot of big throws at the end of this game to help the Browns pull out a big win on the road. Anderson completed 24 of 38 passes for 274 yards with 0 TD passes and 1 interception. He also carried the ball 3 times for 2 yards (0.7 ypc) with a TD run. Jamal Lewis was inspired against his old team as he carried the ball 22 times for 92 yards (4.2 ypc) with a TD run and he also caught 4 passes for 30 yards (7.5 avg). Jason Wright also ran the ball hard as he had 4 carries for 19 yards (4.8 ypc). Braylon Edwards (8 rec, 85 yards), Joe Jurevicius (4 rec, 82 yards) and Kellen Winslow (5 rec, 64 yards) helped the Browns pull out a big win. KR/PR Joshua Cribbs was giving the Browns good field position all day long against the Ravens. He returned 7 kickoffs for 245 yards (35.0 avg) and he also returned 4 punts for 61 yards (15.3 avg)! The Browns finished up with 117 yards rushing on 34 carries (3.4 ypc) and they also completed 24 of 38 passes for 263 yards.
The Browns defense gave up a lot of yards but they also made huge game changing plays vs. the evil Ravens. DE Robaire Smith (5 tackles, 2 sacks) and safety Sean Jones (7 tackles, interception) both had big games. But, Brodney Pool was the player of this game for the Browns. Pool made 3 tackles, had 1/2 a sack and he returned a interception 100 yards for a TD! The Ravens finished up with 128 yards rushing on 25 carries (5.1 ypc) and they also completed 22 of 41 passes for 240 yards.