or 30 minutes, the Baltimore Ravens were inefficient, unproductive and disorganized.
In 17 seconds, they changed all that.
Ray Rice scored on a 13-yard run and safety Dawan Landry returned an interception of Brady Quinn 48 yards for a touchdown on Cleveland's next play as the Ravens overcame a horrendous start for a 16-0 win against the Browns last night.
The Ravens (5-4) didn't score in the opening half, when they used up their three timeouts in the first 6:15, committed silly penalties, converted one third down and actually made the Browns (1-8) look respectable.
Quinn had a rough six-minute stretch to start the second half. Making his first start since Sept. 27 -- also against the Ravens -- Quinn threw two interceptions and was flagged for a low block on Baltimore's Terrell Suggs following his second pick. Suggs limped off the field, then limped into the locker room with a sprained knee.
After cornerback Chris Carr intercepted Quinn for the second time in the quarter, Steve Hauschka kicked a 44-yard field goal. Hauschka previously had an extra point blocked and missed wide left from 36 yards.
Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco was 11 of 15 for 146 yards through three quarters, including a big 41-yard strike to Derrick Mason that set up the game's first score on Rice's run. Rice carried 13 times for 55 yards.
Baltimore was better in the third quarter after a sloppy first half. The game is the NFL's first of the season to be scoreless at halftime, according to STATS, LLC.
The Ravens were out of first-half timeouts less than seven minutes into the game. They lost one on a replay challenge and burned the other two amid confusion on their second possession. Baltimore was also flagged for 12 men on the field twice.
, although one was declined.
Trying to spark an offense limited to five touchdowns over the past 14 games, Cleveland tried using a hurry-up offense and the Wildcat formation with little success.
Ravens safety Haruki Nakamura broke his right ankle while blocking on the opening kickoff.
Nakamura, a Cleveland native, was grabbing the ground in pain as trainers wrapped an air cast around his foot and carted him off the field.
Hours before kickoff, a person with The NFL Players Association told The Associated Press of a meeting the union is trying to set up with Browns players this week to talk about Coach Eric Mangini's practices, a person at the union said.
The person, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to protect the Browns players' confidentiality, said the union is looking into what has been going on in Cleveland this season because of concerns about health and safety.
Last week, veteran running back Jamal Lewis said he thought Mangini was tiring out his players by overworking the Browns, although Lewis then reversed field a day later and blamed the media for exaggerating his complaints.
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