CLEVELAND -- All of the Baltimore Ravens' confidence built up from their clutch play the past three weeks disappeared by the end of Sunday's 13-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
As Andre Szmyt 37-yard game-winning field goal sailed through the uprights as time expired, the Ravens lamented another loss they felt they should have won. Even Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton, who is one of the most insightful players in this locker room, hit his breaking point when he didn't have an answer for how to solve another late-game collapse.
"I'm not going to sound like a broken record," Hamilton said. "It's 'Groundhog Day' with this question. I don't know. I'm not going to give you an answer. I really don't know. So, sorry, that's the best I can give you, but we've had this conversation so many times. I don't even feel like addressing it again."
Hamilton is referring to Baltimore's 16th blown double-digit lead since 2020, which is the most in the NFL in that span. It's three more than any other team (the Los Angeles Chargers are second with 13).
On Sunday, fill-in starting quarterback Tyler Huntley led the Ravens to a 10-0 lead after two drives. The Baltimore defense, meanwhile, didn't look like it was going to allow the Browns to score, recording as many sacks (three) as completions by halftime.
Then, all-too-familiar mistakes -- Derrick Henry's fumble, Tyler Loop's missed field goal and the secondary's lapses in coverage -- helped Cleveland score the final 13 points of the game.
"That's a type of game where I think [in] all three phases, you have chances to create more separation," coach Jesse Minter said.
The Ravens acknowledged their frustration because they had believed they had moved past these types of meltdowns. Baltimore's last three wins came in the final moments from Loop's game-winning field goal against the Dallas Cowboys in Brazil, Malaki Starks' leaping catch of an onside kick against the Tennessee Titans and Hamilton's interception in overtime at Atlanta.
There is hope that quarterback Lamar Jackson will come back this week after missing the last two games with an ankle injury. It would be a timely return for the Ravens (4-2) considering the next three games are against the Cincinnati Bengals (3-2), who are considered Baltimore's biggest threat to the AFC North title, and two division leaders in the Buffalo Bills (5-1) and Jacksonville Jaguars (4-2).
"We just didn't make the plays that we wanted to make this game," defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike said. "One thing I know about this team [is that] we are going to learn from this, we are going to grow from this, and we are going to get better. We are going to have our eyes moving forward to the next opponent."'
Here is a look at the trends in the Ravens failing to hold double-digit leads:
Turnovers on offense
The momentum shifted Sunday when Henry fumbled in the fourth quarter, giving the ball to the Browns at the Ravens' 35-yard line with 12:36 left. Seven plays later, Cleveland running back Audric Estime rushed for a 2-yard touchdown to tie the game at 10.
After the loss, Henry told his teammates in the locker room: "Put this one on me."
"I got to take care of the ball," Henry said. "There's no excuses for that. I got to be better. I put the team's in harm's way. I sound like a broken record with this, but I got to go back to work on it. Can't put the team in that situation."
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This was Henry's NFL-worst third lost fumble in the fourth quarter since the start of the 2025 season, but there's plenty of blame to go around. In those 16 blown double-digit leads, Baltimore has totaled 15 turnovers in the fourth quarter with seven interceptions and eight fumbles.
Missed field goals
Early in the fourth quarter Sunday, Baltimore could have made it a two-score game. But Loop's 49-yard field goal veered wide left to keep the Ravens' lead at 10-3.
"I just did not strike it the way I needed to," Loop said. "[I] didn't hit the ball clean. It ended up having some bad rotation, and [it] just slid out to the left."
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Loop has made some huge kicks recently from the winning 56-yarder as time expired in Brazil to the 64-yarder against the Titans to the pair of 51-yarders at the Falcons. But three of his seven career misses came in the second half of collapses against the New England Patriots (Week 16 of last season), Pittsburgh Steelers (Week 18 of last season) and Sunday at the Browns.
"There is a confidence level for how Tyler prepares and how he practices and how he operates and how he strikes the ball, but at the same time, that position itself is completely results-driven," Minter said. "So, we'll continue to work with him and continue to try to put him in position, but we need to make second-half kicks. You could argue that second-half missed field goals are no different than turning the ball over in those situations. So, [that's] definitely something we want to keep striving to be better at."
Struggles in the secondary
Like so many times in these devastating defeats, the Ravens unraveled late against the Browns.
In the first three quarters, Baltimore held quarterback Deshaun Watson to 8-of-14 passing for 70 yards. In the fourth quarter, the Ravens allowed Watson to complete 8-of-12 passes for 94 yards.
"Being a member of the secondary, it seems like whenever we are losing these games, the ball is in the air," cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. "Obviously, we played a decent game before that, but when it counts, how can you win the game? I feel like that's usually won in the back end, and we just weren't able to do that today."
In the 16 blown double-digit leads, the secondary has struggled in the fourth quarter where quarterbacks have averaged 111.6 yards passing, throwing 17 touchdowns and no interceptions.
"It's pretty frustrating," Humphrey said. "I think we feel that we are better, we feel that we're equipped, [and] we feel that we're ready for these moments. We just [have] got to consistently do it. We [have] got to consistently believe that you trust the guy next to you. I think it all starts with communication. Someone has to end the game for us. I think that's the biggest thing. Are all 11 guys thinking, 'I'm going to be the one to end the game.' That's where it starts, and that's where it ends."