{"id":39813,"date":"2025-12-15T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39813"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:18:45","slug":"breaking-3-biggest-issues-for-the-browns-in-their-loss-to-the-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39813","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: 3 biggest issues for the Browns in their loss to the Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p>Many of the same issues continue to show up in each loss for this Cleveland Browns team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/v2\/UOXIUM3VUFGWJCMAKEIMSKQBWA.JPG?auth=3de312d91db39cf0d3f4c2022e1e1d7a024220ac0b60ce44d4fe12d27d4822f6&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Browns keep searching for answers on offense, but the problem is right in  front of them: Ashley Bastock - cleveland.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns had a tough showing against the Chicago Bears with a 31-3 loss, bringing the Browns to 3-11 on the season. Some of the same issues that Cleveland has been dealing with all season showed up in this loss, but there were a few key areas that contributed greatly to their defeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turnovers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shedeur Sanders<\/strong> threw three interceptions in this game. The turnovers weren\u2019t all on the quarterback; there was one specific throw to <strong>Jerry Jeudy <\/strong>that led to a turnover. It came on a beautiful pass from Sanders, but unfortunately, it bounced off Jeudy\u2019s chest into the arms of the defensive back. That turnover, along with the others, really hindered the Browns\u2019 ability to keep this game close.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Penalties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagotribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ctc-l-bears-browns56.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chicago Bears defense shuts down Cleveland Browns\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland continued to look unprepared and dealt with another game of penalties that greatly hurt drives. Early in the game, the Browns had three penalties before they even ran their fourth play on offense. Consecutive penalties like that decimate drives and hurt the teams\u2019 ability to build momentum and consistency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Offensive Line Struggles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland\u2019s offensive line has been missing a number of players throughout the course of the season due to injury and that has continued to hurt the team\u2019s ability to protect the quarterback and give them time to throw the ball. Sanders was sacked five times today, so the lack of protection is not setting him up for success in this offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the same issues continue to show up in each loss for this Cleveland Browns team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: 3 biggest issues for the Browns in their loss to the Bears - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39813\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: 3 biggest issues for the Browns in their loss to the Bears - 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