Hue Jackson

Hue Jackson protests a call against the Browns during their loss to the Ravens.

(John Kuntz, cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor was quick to refer any questions about the unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty against him to his head coach, Hue Jackson.

"I'll let Coach Jackson handle that," Pryor said multiple times following Sunday's loss to Baltimore.

"I'm not going to say if it was or wasn't (taunting)," Jackson said. "I haven't seen it. I've heard different sides of it, but they called it so we have to do a better job of making sure that we get the ball to the official and go from there."

The call came on the Browns' final drive of the game after Pryor caught a pass from Josh McCown at the 10-yard line. He appeared to be attempting to flip the ball to the official in front of him and hit Ravens defensive back Lardarius Webb on the shoulder with the ball. The trailing official threw a flag.

The taunting call ended up offsetting a defensive holding call on Webb and erased what would have been a first down inside the red zone with seconds remaining. Instead, the Browns had another first-and-10 from the Ravens' 30-yard line and McCown threw an interception on the ensuing play.

"I didn't see what he did," McCown said. "Obviously, very deflating because we are going to get down there tight and have some shots at the end zone where the clock is kind of no longer a factor. That hurt, but again, I didn't see what he did or what happened."

That was the tone from most players in the Browns locker room following the game, preferring to defer on whether the call was a good one or not.

"All I know is there was a call and everyone was going crazy about it," running back Isaiah Crowell said, "But I don't know exactly what happened, so I can't speak on it."

Joe Haden said he didn't have a good angle on the play.

"I looked back up at the Jumbotron and saw what it was," he said, "but I think (the official) thought (Pryor) probably flipped the ball at him."

Pryor did eventually let a little agitation show through.

"I'm just saying there's other people that can catch a ball and spin it and look at players in the face," Pryor said. "But if I get up and drop the ball -- clearly I wasn't trying to drop it on nobody. But I'll let Coach Jackson handle that."

-----

Follow me: on Twitter | on Facebook