The Cleveland Browns are back in last place in the AFC North after a disappointing loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 3. Not much was expected of the Browns this season, but coach Mike Pettine isn’t buying into that. He wants to win now and anything less than that doesn’t sit well in his stomach.
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“We found a way to do it against New Orleans and took a step backwards [Sunday] and that’s one of the reasons that we’re so disappointed because that’s been a point of emphasis — the ability to finish,” Pettine said per ESPN.
The Browns finished strong against the New Orleans Saints when Brian Hoyer orchestrated a last-minute drive to win the team’s home opener. However, the team squandered a late lead against Baltimore and watched their division record fall to 0-2 on a young 2014 season in which the Browns are where many predicted they’d end the season.
“We don’t want to be, ‘Hey, we’re looking to next year,” Pettine continued. “We’re just going to play our young guys.’ We feel that we can win now, we want to win now and that is one of the reasons we’re so disappointed about [Sunday] is that we felt that we let them off the hook.”
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