Browns Notebook: Baltimore safety Eric Weddle says it's not "out of the realm" that the Browns could become "a great team;" Carlos Hyde likes Mayfield's "swag;" Jabrill Peppers grades out well

CLEVELAND Five-time Pro Bowler Eric Weddle was befuddled by what Baker Mayfield got away with.

Weddle, a third-year Raven who made his name in nine years with the Chargers, spoke briefly with Mayfield after the game.

"I’m happy about where his career has started, and I’m excited to see where it ends up," the 33-year-old Ravens safety said after Mayfield helped the Browns to a 12-9 overtime win. "I just had words of encouragement. I respect this game. I respect good players. He did a good job.

"He made some throws that were really good, and he made some other throws that were really bad ... that we could have capitalized on.

"As soon as the game was on the line, he made a great throw, and the guy (Derrick Willies, in overtime) made a great catch and run.”

Mayfield went 25-of-43 for 342 yards, with a touchdown, an interception and five sacks.

“He made some good throws, and he could have easily thrown three or four interceptions," Weddle said. "That's just how the game went.

"He moves the ball well. He’s hard to see back there because he’s short, so on some of the throws I couldn’t even see him. Sometimes my breaks were a little late."

It was just the third Browns win over Baltimore in John Harbaugh's 11 seasons as head coach.

"It’s a good team," Weddle said. "They have a lot of talented players, not just Baker. Look at their offense. They have great weapons all over. They have a great offensive line, a great coaching staff, and a great defense.

"It’s not out of the realm that this is a really good team."

Game over

After Greg Joseph made the game-winning 37-yard field goal with two seconds left in overtime, coach Hue Jackson was shown on the CBS telecast holding up two fingers. Some fans ripped Jackson on social media for apparently not realizing the game had entered sudden death and ended as soon as Joseph's kick wobbled between the uprights.

During a conference call Monday, Jackson blamed a member of the officiating crew for creating the confusion.

"All I did was put up two fingers because there were two seconds left on the clock, and I knew it could not be because it was overtime and once we kicked the field goal the game was over," Jackson said. "One of the officials was saying, 'Hold on. Wait a minute. Hold on.'

"I think he had to go back and make sure that it was overtime in his own mind. The first thing he said was there was two seconds left. That's why I put up two fingers because I was trying to really understand what he was saying, and basically what that was just me referring back to him that the two seconds did not matter. The game was over."

Noncommittal

Joseph's game-winner came after he missed an extra point by hitting the right upright with 40 seconds left in the second quarter, made a 35-yard field goal with 7:29 left in the third quarter and missed a 55-yard field goal wide left with five seconds left in regulation.

Given the misses, Jackson was asked if the Browns will look for a new kicker or stick with Joseph, who signed with the team Sept. 17.

"We will always find ways to improve the football team as we move forward," Jackson said. "Right now, he's our kicker until he's not."

Extra points

• After the game, running back Carlos Hyde said Mayfield is a "different breed" because he's not a typical quarterback. When did Hyde realize it? "When I first saw the video of him dancing when he was in college at OU, that's when I knew that Baker was a different breed," Hyde said Monday on a conference call. "He's not like most quarterbacks. He has some swag to him. I love it."

• Strong safety Jabrill Peppers had his best performance with the Browns, Jackson said. Peppers had four tackles and two passes defensed and received the highest grade on the defense from ProFootballFocus.com.

• Jackson said undrafted rookie left tackle Desmond Harrison held his own against future Hall of Fame edge rusher Terrell Suggs. "He gave up a sack one time," Jackson said. "But I thought he hung in there extremely well and did a good job."

• Jackson on wide receiver Jarvis Landry surpassing Larry Fitzgerald for the most receptions in a player's first five NFL seasons: "What he says, he means. He walks the talk. The guy loves football." Through five games in his fifth season, Landry has 429 catches, three more than Fitzgerald had after his fifth season.