Browns notes: Weeden's streak without an interception ends

Source: Erie Times-News, Pa.儲存Oct. 14--CLEVELAND -- Brandon Weeden's streak of 111 straight passes without an interception ended when he tried to get the ball to Chris Ogbonnaya in double coverage along the sideline in the second quarter and Detroit linebacker DeAndre Levy came down with the ball.That mistake wasn't costly, since it came on third down and put the Lions at their 17-yard line, and it didn't lead to points.Weeden's second interception, 20 attempts later, was much more damaging. Weeden, under pressure from Detroit's C.J. Mosley, tried to backhand the ball over Ogbonnaya's head out of bounds, but it fluttered to Levy.The Browns, down seven, had been driving near midfield.That led to a touchdown that gave the Lions a 34-17 lead and effectively ended the game."I was trying to flip it over Obie's head," Weeden said. "I couldn't really turn to actually throw it. I didn't want to take a sack there. Just tried to flip it as far as I could over Obie's head."Weeden's teammates rallied around him despite the interceptions, his fourth and fifth in 153 attempts this season."We still have confidence in Weeden," cornerback Buster Skrine said. "Everybody makes mistakes."-- Running empty: After rushing for 115 yards in the first half on 16 attempts -- a 7.2-yards-per-carry average, the Browns gained only 11 yards on five attempts in the second half.Coach Rob Chudzinski said the disappearance of the running game was due to a combination of factors, including penalties and adjustments by the Lions' defense.The Browns were flagged for a false start against tight end Jordan Cameron on their first offensive play after halftime, leading to long yardage and a punt.Subsequent drives saw the Browns penalized for intentional grounding and another false start against Cameron on back-to-back plays, leading to a second-and-25 on a series that also resulted in a punt.After snapping 36 pays in the first half, the Browns' offense was on the field for only 30 plays after halftime, including only 11 in the third quarter, when the Lions turned the game's momentum."When you don't convert on third down and you're going into third down and you're not getting them, you just don't have a lot of plays," Chudzinski said. "We obviously didn't get many runs there. We didmini storage't get many plays there. By the fourth quarter we were obviously playing catch up."-- Haden vs. Johnson: Browns cornerback Joe Haden said during the week he looked forward to the challenge of covering Calvin Johnson, the Lions' Pro Bowl receiver.But it was unclear until game time whether Johnson would play after missing the previous week with an injury.And although the matchup happened, it didn't live up to its advance billing.Johnson was active and played in certain receiver sets on about half the Lions' first-half plays. He played more in the second half, but he wasn't a major factor in the game. Johnson was targeted eight times and caught three passes for 25 yards, usually drawing Haden in coverage.The most significant play involving the two came on Detroit's first scoring drive, when Johnson got open in the end zone and Haden tackled him before the ball arrived, drawing an interference call that put the ball at the 1-yard-line. The Lions scored two plays later to take a 7-0 lead."He obviously took a little pressure off us, helped us out a little bit," Lions running back Reggie Bush said of Johnson.Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Bush, who finished with 135 total yards and a touchdown, and tight end Joseph Fauria, who caught three TD passes in single coverage, both benefitted from having Johnson on the field."He made some contributions and he affected the game also, particularly that second half," Schwatrz said. "I think some of Reggie's big plays had a lot to do with Calvin and I think Fauria getting singled up in the red zone had a lot to do with Calvin also."-- Extra points: Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon posted his second 100-yard receiving game this season and the third of his career with seven catches for 126 yards. ... Cameron had five catches for 65 yards. His 38 catches are the most by a Browns plater in the first five games of a season. Earnest Byner had 34. ... Weeden's 292 passing yards were a season high. ... The Browns have led at the half of all six games this season.JOHN DUDLEY can be reached at 870-1677 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNdudley.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) Visit the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) at .GoErie.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage