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Baltimore safety Eric Weddle proudly proclaimed this wasn't the same Ravens team following a spirited victory over the Broncos in Week 3.He might have spoken too soon.The Ravens (3-2) have dropped out of first place in the AFC North following their 12-9 overtime loss to the revamped Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The performance was reminiscent of Baltimore's struggles in 2017 when it failed to make the postseason for the third consecutive year.The Ravens couldn't muster a touchdown and committed two turnovers Baltimore Ravens Hoodie , including one in the red zone, against a Cleveland defense that is ranked in the bottom third of league.Baltimore gave up 342 yards passing and a touchdown to rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield. The secondary also allowed a long play downfield in overtime that set up the game-winning, 37-yard field goal by Greg Joseph with two seconds remaining.Coach John Harbaugh defended his team's ratio between passing attempts (57) and the number of times the Ravens ran the ball (25) at his Monday news conference."That's not a topic for us," he said. "You do whatever you can do to move the ball and score points. We've been doing a pretty good job of that until this last game. We just need to put more points on the board. Nine points . it's tough to win games that way. That's the bottom line. This run-pass balance thing, I don't understand why it's even a topic."Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was 29 of 56 for 298 yards and an interception on the Browns 2-yard line with his team leading 3-0. He was also sacked twice.Baltimore had broken an NFL record earlier this season with 12 touchdowns on its first 12 trips inside the red zone. However, the Ravens have since cooled down and were held scoreless in three red-zone opportunities against Cleveland."They took some of the big plays away from us and made us go the long, hard way," Flacco said about the Browns. "We turned the ball over a couple times, and we had them getting a little tired. We just weren't able to keep and sustain it for anything significant. We had our chances. In these kind of games when you have little chances, you have to be able to take advantage of them. The couple that we had, we probably just didn't execute well."Entering the year Customized Baltimore Ravens Jerseys , Flacco was provided with more talent at wide receiver with the free-agent signings of Michael Crabtree, John Brown and Willie Snead. That trio has made plays throughout the season. Crabtree led the team with six catches for 66 yards against Cleveland. Brown had four catches for 58 yards and Snead caught five passes for 55 yards.However, Crabtree had a couple of critical drops that would have extended drives. He also could not hang onto a potential game-winning touchdown in the final minute of regulation.After the game, Crabtree took responsibility for the loss."I should have made that catch," Crabtree said. "The game would have been over. I put that on me. If I have to catch 2,000 balls a week in practice, I'm going to have to do that."The Ravens have to quickly regroup and prepare for the Tennessee Titans, which will close out a string of three consecutive road games. Baltimore will face its former defensive coordinator Dean Pees, who retired after the 2017 season before accepting the same role in Tennessee."We're quick to get over wins, and we have to be quick to get over losses," linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "We're going to get back to the drawing board and come Wednesday http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/alex-lewis-jersey-authentic , this one's going to be behind us. We're going to be ready for Tennessee." The Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals have quietly been two of the more well matched teams over the last several years. They split the divisional series last year when the Ravens handled the Bengals on the road in Week 1, only to have their hearts ripped out in the final week of the regular season in what should’ve been a playoff clinching victory.Instead, the Bengals won at the gun on an improbable 4th and 12 touchdown strike from Andy Dalton to Tyler Boyd that put the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs and sent Baltimore packing. On Sunday, the Ravens carved out a small slice of revenge for that debacle by throttling Buffalo into oblivion with a 47-3 win, but face a true test in their quest to fully make things right when they head to Cincy for Thursday Night Football.As good as Baltimore looked in their Week 1 opener, the qualifier is that they were at home against the Bills, who figure to be in the mix for the number one pick in the draft come April. That seems especially true given their limited ceiling with incumbent starter Nathan Peterman, who tossed two interceptions and was sacked five times en route to being relieved by rookie Josh Allen in the third quarter.As much as he is criticized on a national scale, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is better than Peterman by a wide margin, and Cincinnati is a different animal than Buffalo this season. This looks to be especially true after a big time road win in their Week 1 outing versus Indianapolis.While their defense had a bit of a tough time containing Andrew Luck in his long awaited return effort, the offense was up to the task in keeping up with Indy’s output. Dalton was efficient http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/brandon-williams-jersey-authentic , throwing for 243 yards and a pair of scores to receivers A.J. Green and John Ross, and was also able to spread it around a bit to other skill players like Joe Mixon.The second year running back appears poised for a breakout campaign, running for almost 100 yards and a touchdown and racking up 54 receiving yards. In short, after taking care of business against a team they should have in Week 1, the Ravens face a true litmus test in a quick turnaround game on Thursday.The defense will have a much more difficult time against Green, Mixon, and a potentially revitalized Ross than they did with Kelvin Benjamin, LeSean McCoy, and not much else. While Cincy’s defense allowed the Colts to move the ball, they came up with big plays when necessary, and it’ll be interesting to see if Baltimore’s offense can both move the chains and avoid turnovers.While they did a nice job against the Bills http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/sam-koch-jersey-cheap , a more consistent running game would’ve been good to see, and the passing attack will probably be facing longer fields than the several short ones they were given thanks to the defense and special teams. If they can consistently move the ball, Ravens fans will have every right to be confident in the team’s ability to score points at a high enough clip to win double digit games this year.The win over Buffalo was a great first step, but if Baltimore is truly for real, they’ll have to prove it with a consistent performance against the Bengals this week. If they put one forth, and hopefully steal a win, they’ll certainly enter the national conversation as a true contender in 2018.