Browns Grind Out a 12-9 Win Over the Ravens; 5 Takeaways from Hue Jackson’s Post Game Presser

1. Opening statement:

“I think we like it dramatic. That is for sure. Three overtime games in five games I have not been through that one before. This football team will fight. They will play. We do not do anything perfectly by any stretch of the imagination, but they work hard. They are becoming something. That is what I told them. If they will continue to take the coaching, keep working hard and keep doing the things that we are asking them to do, we will have many more of these victories.

“I am proud of the guys because things do not always happen the way we want them to but they do not blink at all. They keep working. I can see it in their eyes. They believed, and they wanted to get it done. I told them that it was up to them. They had to decide. We are playing a division opponent, a really good Baltimore Raven football team, but I think that we are pretty good team, too, when we do what we are supposed to do. We still have work to do. We are not a finished product by any means.

“I am proud of the guys, proud of what they do and proud of the way that they fight. If somebody gets hurt, the next guy comes in and makes plays, like (WR Derrick) Willies did today when (WR) Rashard Higgins went down with a knee. Rashard made some huge catches early in the game, but I watched Willies walk in there and make plays towards the end. That was outstanding. That is what pro football is.

“We have some things to clean up. A lot of penalties today on our side. We have to continue to look at those and work through that process. We have to find a way to be a little bit more potent on offense. We went last week from 42 points and got it to 12 this week. We want to be better than that. At the same time, we did what we needed to do to win. That is what this is truly all about. Defensively, I thought that there were some good things done.

“I thought I saw some improvement in special teams. Still some things to keep working at. Obviously, the kick went in at the end, and that is the most important thing. He bounced back from a kick earlier. I told him, I said, ‘We are going to need you later on. You are going to make a kick that is going to win it for us.’ Sure enough, he did. Proud of the team. Happy for our fans. We played good here at home. We just have a lot of work to do as we keep moving forward.”

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