Browns pound the ball with Peyton Hills for a field goal. Joe Flacco and Anquan Boldin beat Eric Wright to climax 85-yard TD drive.
BALTIMORE -- Observations, opinions and some facts about the first quarter ...
• T.J. Ward missed a pick-six on Joe Flacco's first pass. Sure interception glanced off his hands and Derrick Mason caught it. Would've been a touchdown for Ward. Ravens went three-and-out, anyways. Crowd actually booed the offense coming off the field.
• Peyton Hillis catching. Hillis running. We'll probably see a lot of that today.
• On the eighth play, Sam Aiken lines up at receiver. Just joined the team on Saturday and he's running routes.
• Browns amble into field-goal range. Phil Dawson, who has to be perfect today, converts from 38 yards. Crowd is stunned.
• Ray Rice breaks a run for 25 yards when Robaire Smith and Matt Roth collide and whiff on the tackle behind the line of scrimmage.
• Eric Wright looked to get away with pass interference on a deep pass for Anquan Boldin. Wright was beat early, made up ground and appeared to push Boldin with the ball in the air. Big non-call for Browns.
• Flacco is now getting a rhythm, completing passes and moving into scoring range.
• From the Browns' 8, Flacco fakes a handoff and connects with Boldin at the back of the end zone over Wright. Crowd happy. Boldin is the fastest receiver in history to 600 career catches.