Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah hospitalized with neck injury

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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns hosted the AFC North Division leaders the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at Huntington Bank Field.

The Browns snapped a 5-game losing streak (and the Ravens’ 5-game win streak) for their second win of the season.

Jameis Winston made his first start at QB this week.

FINAL: 29-24

The Browns take the lead with less than a minute in the game 29-24.

Jameis Winston has another drive to Cedric Tillman.

The Ravens take back the lead with 2:36 left in the game 24-23.

The Browns drive it down the field and secure a field goal. The Browns lead 23-17.

The Browns report Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah has been ruled out with a neck injury. He has been taken to a local hospital but the team says he has movement in all extremities.

CB Denzel Ward has been ruled out with a head injury.

End of the 3rd quarter: Browns 20-17

The Browns opened up the 3rd quarter with a drive down the field.

For the first time Sunday, the Browns take the lead, 13-10.

The announcers said CB Denzel Ward was being evaluated for a head injury in the 3rd quarter.

Ward has suffered 5 documented concussions in the NFL.

The Ravens are up 17-13.

Cedrick Tillman took the ball all the way down into the endzone, a 42-yard touchdown and a 72-yard drive. The Browns go up 20-17.

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (JOK) went down late in the 3rd after a scary collision with Derrick Henry.

JOK is being put on a board with his head immobilized before he can be transported off the field.

The crowd is chanting, “JOK!”

Halftime score: Browns 6, Ravens 10

With about a minute left in the 2nd quarter, Winston was sacked and fumbled the ball. Ravens recovered at the Browns 25. Two plays later, Baltimore gets a touchdown and takes a 10-6 lead.

1st quarter score: Browns 3, Ravens 0

A Justin Tucker field goal early in the second quarter tied the game at 3.

The Browns’ defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo is questionable to return after a knee injury, the team posted on X.

Despite a stronger showing on offense, the Browns weren’t able to get into the endzone. They do get another Hopkins field goal to put Cleveland up 6-3.

Cleveland got on the board first. The defense stopped the Ravens on 4th down, and after a 8-minute drive down the field, a Dustin Hopkins field goal put the Browns up 3-0.

Starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. is out Sunday with a knee injury. Wills didn’t practice this week and was officially ruled out Friday by coach Kevin Stefanski. The Browns have had to juggle their offensive line all season because of injuries.

Stefanski said Wills hurt the same knee he had surgery on in December.

With Wills sidelined, the Browns (1-6) will again have to shuffle the O-line and Stefanski confirmed one option is sliding right tackle Dawand Jones to the left side.

Jones started the first five games at right tackle as Jack Conklin worked his way back from reconstructive knee surgery. Conklin, a two-time All-Pro, was hurt in last year’s season opener and returned to the lineup two weeks ago.

The Browns activated right guard Wyatt Teller Saturday, who missed the past four games with a knee injury. One of the league’s best run blockers, Teller was designated to return from injured reserve and practiced all week.

Stefanski said second-year QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson will back up Winston against the Ravens. Thompson-Robinson came in after Watson got hurt and injured the middle finger on his throwing hand on a sack.

The Browns signed QB Bailey Zappe earlier this week off Kansas City’s practice squad.

The Browns announced their inactive players and lineup changes Sunday morning.

INACTIVES:

• #2 QB Bailey Zappe (3QB)
• #33 S Ronnie Hickman
• #34 RB Jerome Ford
• #58 LB Jordan Hicks
• #71 T Jedrick Wills Jr.
• #72 DT Quinton Jefferson

LINEUP CHANGES:

• #77 Wyatt Teller starts at RG
• #79 Dawand Jones starts at LT
• #43 Mohamoud Diabate starts at LB

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