FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Baker Mayfield was frustrated with the Browns’ mistake-filled performance coming off the bye, including three turnovers and 13 penalties in the 27-13 loss to the Patriots.

“It’s just undisciplined; guys not being focused on doing their job,’’ the quarterback said after the loss that dropped the Browns to 2-5. “It starts first and foremost with me, to be a leader every single down. Get our guys lined up, make sure that we’re set, we’re paying attention because if we can’t use cadence we’re hurting ourselves.’’

They committed nine more penalties than the disciplined Patriots, including three of four false starts by receivers and tight ends.

“Any time we try to use a double-count, it seems like we’re false starting a little bit, but we’ll get the discipline part fixed, the accountability,’’ Mayfield said. “Like I said, we’ve pointed out the problem, now we have to execute it on Sundays. Once again, I feel like we had a great week of practice, we just didn’t translate it.’’

Mayfield noted that it’s not an easy fix, because it’s not any one player, just a collective sloppiness.

“I wish I could put my finger on one thing because I'd do everything I could to get it fixed,’’ he said. “I just think everyone has to be singularly focused on doing your job, not worrying about what's going on on the outside. We have to be willing to sacrifice the ultimate price to get to what we talked about preseason, our ultimate goals. We have to be able to sacrifice stuff each and every day: time, focus. It's going to be a long stretch, but our guys are capable of doing that, and so it's my job to make sure we do that each and every day. Like I said earlier, it starts tomorrow.’’

Mayfield still believes the Browns can accomplish their goals this season, which including winning the AFC North. It’s starting to sound far-fetched now that they’ve fallen behind the 5-2 Ravens by three games, but the easiest part of their schedule happens in the final seven games.

“Yeah, I still think we can turn it around,’’ he said. “We have another AFC opponent in the Broncos. A road game and then five more division games after that, and there's some good teams. We play the Bills as well, at home. So, there's some good competition, some very important games, division games. But, we're not going to get ahead of ourselves. I'm not going to lie to you guys and say that if we win all of our division games, we're going to be fine. We have to take care of business against the Broncos, and it starts tomorrow.’’

The Browns headed in knowing that they had to protect the ball against the most opportunistic team in the NFL, one that headed in with a league-high 18 interceptions and a league-high 22 takeaways. But they gave it away on three straight snaps in the first quarter — two fumbles by Nick Chubb and an interception by Mayfield on a double-handed shovel pass to Jarvis Landry.

“They're going to take advantage of stuff like that,’’ he said. “That's just what kind of team they are. I said it earlier in the week, they're in the right place at the right time because they're a sound defense, they play with each other and they capitalize on mistakes.’’

Mayfield (20-of-31, 194 yards 1 TD, 1 INT, 79.2 rating, 5 sacks) made it clear he’s not pinning this loss on Chubb, who went 21 straight games to start his career without fumbling before losing three in his last two games.

“This isn't Nick Chubb's fault whatsoever,’’ Mayfield said. “Yeah, he definitely is going to be very hard on himself. He knows what he has to do, but there's so many other things that if we do it the right way, then we're still in that game. And so, we've pointed out the problem, now it's about executing it on Sundays.’’

He didn’t think the weather caused the turnovers. Left guard Joel Bitonio kicked the ball out on the first one, and the Patriots’ Jonathan Jones tomahawked the ball out on the second one after a 44-yard rumble.

“Well, I can't say no. I'm not Nick Chubb; I can't say for him,’’ Mayfield said. “No, they're just a savvy defense. The one on the long run, you can tell the guy chased him down and came with the club over the top. It's just – it's tough. When it's wet outside you've got to be extra careful with the ball, but Nick knows that. I'm not going to say it's all on the weather because it's not. It's about doing our job.’’

He also knows that Chubb will try to put the team on his back and carry it going forward.

“It’s tough because everybody in that locker room and on our staff knows exactly who Nick Chubb is, and nothing we can say to him right now or throughout the week will do anything to really push him off his motive,’’ he said. “He’s going to go back to work; I know exactly who he is. That’s why we love having Nick Chubb. We’re not going to stray away from giving him the ball, that’s why we continued to give it to him, and we’ll continue to do so as well."

As for the two-handed shovel pass to Landry that Lawrence Guy intercepted, Mayfield attributed it to a heads-up defensive play. Guy sniffed it out, and squeezed in between Landry and Bitonio to pick it off. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady turned that into a Julian Edelman 8-yard touchdown pass for a 17-0 advantage two plays later.

“We're not expecting him to be there, obviously,’’ said Mayfield. “A little misdirection, just pitching it to Jarvis. I'd like to say that I'd be able to hold onto it, but it's a quick exchange that we've practiced and Guy made a good play.’’

Mayfield lamented the fact the Browns got no points out of their two-minute drive at the end of the first half. It included a sack off blitz followed by a Justin McCray false. That put the Browns in second and 25 at their 24.

“Yeah. Obviously, that last drive before the half – if we could score right there and then we got the ball coming out in the second half, that would have been huge, and we talked about it at halftime,’’ he said. “We got the ball first (in the second half) if we came out, we're down 10 points. Any points are good right there. It would have made it a one score game, we got a field goal.

“It's just the consistency and a lack of discipline and accountability right now on Sunday seems to be the problem. So, whatever our guys have to do. Whatever we have to do overall to translate that into the game, no matter the environment, no matter where we're at, no matter who we're playing. We have to do our job, and it always comes back to that. I've said we can be a great team when we do our job, but we just haven't translated it yet.’’

He emphasized that the Browns are sticking together during these rough times. Odell Beckham Jr. said he wishes he had more chances to help beat the Patriots, but the team is closing ranks and gearing up to beat the 2-6 Broncos.

“There's no finger pointing going on, and that's not the type of team we are,’’ he said. “So, we just need to be harder on ourselves. The accountability thing is making sure everybody's locked in each and every play. I can't have eyes on everybody at every single time, neither can the coaches. It's got to be within the position groups in making sure everybody's in the right place at the right time.’’

He said he was well-prepared for the Patriots’ Cover Zero blitzes.

“I had my eyes in the right spot,’’ he said. “I felt like we were prepared for their blitz package, and they got to where – we had shown that we protected it up and didn’t have a problem with it. So, they started showing it and then backing out of it. I feel like we did a good job of reacting and protecting up stuff that normally they capitalize on."

He acknowledged that receivers and tight ends, especially, shouldn’t be false-starting, and that he’ll work himself to get it corrected.

“I’m going to continue to practice different cadence throughout the week until we grind that out, and then come Sunday, we'll be completely focused each and every snap to do that one job,’’ he said. “Nowhere else besides doing your job and knowing exactly what we have to do. That's how you get it fixed.’’

He noted that the problems are all correctible.

“We know exactly what’s wrong,’’ he said. “It’s not something like we’re looking at, “Wow, why didn’t we win?” We know exactly why we didn’t win. We know the problem, and now it’s – like I said, continue to prepare like we have and then translate it on Sundays. We have to show up. All the talk, it doesn’t matter until you go out there and prove it on Sundays. And the week of practice is great, but unless it out there on Sundays, it still doesn’t matter.’’

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