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Cleveland Browns fail to adjust again, lose, 16-14 -- Tony Grossi's take

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The Browns fail to score in the second half for the second week in a row.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Observations, opinions and some facts on the fourth quarter ...

• Browns open the quarter with their sixth punt of the game. Kansas City has five punts.

• Safety T.J. Ward blasts receiver Dwayne Bowe to the ground after a catch. Bowe hung on, though, for a 19-yard gain. Ward never stops hitting.

• There's a chess match going on. Kansas City calls timeout before a third-down play, and then after several substitutions by the Browns' defense, the Chiefs convert the first down on a Jamaal Charles inside run. They stay out of the huddle in hopes of catching the Browns from substituting again, but the Browns call timeout.

• Chiefs convert key first down at the Browns' 25 on Matt Cassel completion to Tony Moeaki. The Browns had their base personnel and didn't rush much.

• Cassel makes another play, connecting with Chris Chambers crossing in front of Ward at the Browns' 8.

• Marcus Benard drew a holding call on tackle Barry Richardson on Cassel's third-down pass from the 5. It was incomplete. The Browns declined and the Chiefs kicked a 23-yard field goal for a 16-14 lead. Just as importantly, they kept the Browns' defense on the field for 14 plays and 6:31 seconds. Will they have any gas at the end?

• The Browns strategize for Josh Cribbs to finally get a kick return chance, stationing Joe Haden at the goal line and sneaking Cribbs up closer. Cribbs takes the kickoff at the 14 and returns it 19 yards to the 33.

• Holding on Joe Thomas. Second and 20. Punt.

• Reggie Hodges' punt bounces the wrong way and the Browns scramble to down it at the Chiefs' 31. Net punt: 26 yards.

• Kenyon Coleman gives up 15 yards on a roughness penalty. He's called for lowering his helmet and making contact with the quarterback. Aimed it right at Cassel's chest. Cassel was throwing it away. Ball to the 50.

• Here it is: Chiefs' third-and-2 from the Browns 42. Chiefs call their last timeout with 3:55 to go. Benard leaps downfield to deflect Cassel's pass.

• But Browns go three-and-out starting at their 7. Mohamed Massaquoi can't come down with Wallace's third-down pass at the 40.

• Hodges punts 37 yards to the Chiefs' 8. Browns use up their timeouts and Chiefs go for the win on fourth and about a foot at the 36 at the two-minute warning. Thomas Jones dives over the top and makes it by an inch. Of course there's a review. Not a good day for reviews for the Browns, as the first-down call is confirmed. Ballgame.


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