Three Takeaways From The Browns Disappointing Loss To The Patriots

A major test for the Cleveland Browns as they try to change the narrative surrounding this team. With a bye week and an easier back half of the schedule, a win would have given this team serious momentum. Instead, both sides of the ball fell flat. There were small moments of hope, but not many. New England won 32-13, and the Browns continue to fall, reaching 2-6 on the year now. Here are three takeaways from the loss.

1. Dillon Gabriel fails his “prove it” game This was a huge game for Gabriel. The Patriots have one of the best run defenses in the league, and one of the worst secondaries. The gameplan in Cleveland was going to have to revolve around Gabriel, not Judkins. Most importantly, Gabriel was going to have to prove he could push the ball downfield, consistently hitting targets further than 10 yards away.

He simply could not do that this game. Another Sunday, another demoralizing, non-competitive loss. The Cleveland Browns didn't just lose to the New England Patriots; they were dismantled 32-13 in a game that felt over by the third quarter. The loss drops the Browns to a dismal 2-6, officially moving the season's outlook from "disappointing" to "lost." In a game where star pass-rusher Myles Garrett single-handedly tried to keep his team in it with a franchise-record five sacks, the offense responded with complete ineptitude. The unit is statistically the worst in the NFL, and the eye test is even more damning.

This isn't just a team that's a piece or two away; it's a franchise that appears fundamentally broken, lacking direction, identity, or a spark. This loss wasn't just another loss; it felt like a confirmation. This 2025 season is not about winning. With the team now entering a much-needed week off, fans are left asking what the point of the next nine games is. It boils down to three jarring questions. This isn't a knock on the third-round rookie, but an honest question about his role.

Is he being evaluated as the potential franchise quarterback, or is he simply a placeholder? Against the Patriots, Gabriel showed flashes of what the team likes: efficiency on the opening touchdown drive and a willingness to stand in the pocket. He also showed why there's a ceiling, finishing with 156 yards and two costly interceptions that turned the game into a rout. Following a 45-7 mugging at the hands of the New England Patriots, Browns fans are in full panic mode, and rightfully so. The Browns are now 2-3 in their last five games and have fallen to .500 on the season. Cleveland sits dead last in the AFC North and is currently out of a Wild Card spot.

Here are three takeaways following their embarrassing loss in Foxborough: Following a successful eleven-play drive resulting in a touchdown pass to Austin Hooper to start the game, the Browns offense was virtually non-existent. Baker Mayfield was abysmal, completing just 11 passes on the day for 73 yards including an interception. Mayfield suffered a knee contusion in the third quarter after getting hit hard by Matthew Judon and was replaced by veteran Case Keenum for the remainder of the game. The Browns closed out the first portion of the season with a 32-13 loss to the Patriots and drop to 2-6 through the first eight weeks of the season. "Frustrated, but we'll win as a team and we'll lose as a team," head coach Kevin Stefanski said.

"We'll look at everything in this bye week and figure out a way to get this thing going with more than half our season left. That's what we're going to use this bye week to really look at everything we are doing because the results have to be better." Here are three big takeaways from the Browns 32-13 loss against the Patriots. Offense struggles to find rhythm and sustain drives On their opening offensive drive, QB Dillon Gabriel moved the Browns down field, utilizing the both the run and pass game throughout the drive. He connected with TE Harold Fannin Jr.

for a 19-yard completion, while WR Malachi Corley took off for a 31-yard rush and RB Quinshon Judkins with two short yard gains. Gabriel then found Fannin for the 18-yard reception in the end zone. by Henry Palattella | Nov. 15, 2021 | 1:54 PM What a difference a week makes in the NFL. Last week the Cleveland Browns fought through one of the weirder weeks in recent franchise history en route to a 41-16 blowout over the Cincinnati Bengals.

This week, they went through a normal(ish) week and got absolutely dominated 45-7 by the New England Patriots and a rookie quarterback. And I mean dominated. After scoring on their opening drive, the Browns’ offense failed to get anything going — and their defense wasn’t much better. Before the Browns welcome the Detroit Lions to Cleveland this week, here's our takeaways from the ugly loss. This is the worst-case scenario for Cleveland’s offense. In one garbage-time drive, Patriots backup quarterback (and Lakewood-native) Brian Hoyer went 3-for-3 for 85 yards and a touchdown.

In three quarters, Baker Mayfield had 73 yards passing. Mayfield and D’Ernest Johnson led a stellar opening drive that ended with Mayfield finding tight end Austin Hooper in the end zone on fourth down. That’s where the offensive positives stop. For the next three-plus quarters, the Browns’ offense looked discombobulated, disjointed and stuck in the mud. Now, every offense is going to struggle against a Bill Belichick defense. But it was striking just how much the Browns struggled.

While Johnson still got his on the ground (99 yards on 19 carries), Cleveland spent most of the afternoon in neutral. After opening with the aforementioned 11-play scoring drive, the Browns didn’t put together a drive of more than five plays until the third quarter when they turned the ball over on downs while trailing... Should people be worried about Mayfield’s injury? Another week, another injury for Mayfield. With 2:26 left in the third quarter, Mayfield left the game with a knee injury on a hit from linebacker Matthew Judon. While coach Kevin Stefanski said after the game that Mayfield could have gone back in if the game was closer (the injury was ruled as a knee contusion), Mayfield himself admitted that he’s “super...

Case Keenum offered relief, going 8-for-12 for 81 yards. It’s not that Mayfield was lighting the world on fire when he was in either, as his 36 passing yards in the first half was the worst start in his career. Mayfield’s status will be worth paying attention to throughout the week. Cleveland’s defense lacked any kind of pressure. In addition to the Patriots nearly doubling the Browns' production on offense (New England had 417 total yards; Cleveland had 217), the Browns defense only had two sacks — which were the team’s only... While rookie QB Mac Jones (19-for-23, 198 yards, three touchdowns) made some impressive throws, he also had all day in the pocket.

For a defense built around quarterback pressure, two pressures won't get the job done. So much for heading into the bye week with momentum. The Browns will face nothing but negativity and noise for the next two weeks after getting routed by the Patriots on Sunday, 32-13 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Browns couldn’t build on a blowout of Miami the previous week. The offense scored on its first possession Sunday, then returned to its normal, abysmal ways. After three first downs on the first drive, the Browns had a total of three more until the fourth quarter.

The defense made several big plays — Myles Garrett set a franchise record with five sacks — but continued its struggles on the road. The Patriots, with Josh McDaniels calling the plays and second-year quarterback Drake Maye executing them, totaled 422 yards against Cleveland’s No. 1 defense that entered allowing only 256.1 a game. In three games at Huntington Bank Field, the Browns have allowed an average of 11 points. In five games away from the lake, the number jumps to 30.2. The Cleveland Browns Week 6 loss to the Patriots was painful to watch.

This team kept it close in the first half, but in the second half, it was as though the Patriots put it into another gear and left the Browns in the dust. Here are the three things we learned in the Week 6 loss to the Patriots. Going into Week 6, Nick Chubb was the NFL’s rushing leader. He carried the Browns’ offense through the first five weeks when the defense (more on that later) was a letdown. Lessons learned from the Patriots’ 32-13 win over the Browns. The New England Patriots celebrated a home win against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday to improve to 6-2 on the year.

Their matchup with the top-ranked defense in football wasn’t always pretty, but in the end the Patriots did enough to beat yet another opponent by multiple scores, 32-13. Let’s get into some lessons learned from the team’s fifth straight victory. Drake Maye might have played his worst 30 minutes of the season in the first half on Sunday. The Patriots’ second-year quarterback threw a terrible interception, was erratic with the ball, and had trouble getting the ball out early, taking multiple coverage sacks. And then, the flip switched. Maye drove his team to a go-ahead field goal at the end of the first half, and then played like the Drake Maye we’ve seen this season from the third period on.

He led three straight touchdown drives without throwing an incompletion to open the second half, eventually finishing 18-for-24 for 282 yards with three touchdowns and an interceptions as well as 53 rushing yards on...

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