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Baltimore Stuns Browns As Time Expires

Published on December 1 2015 6:22 am
Last Updated on December 1 2015 6:23 am

This season of injury upon injury for the Ravens finally includes a break worth celebrating.

Brent Urban blocked Travis Coons' field goal attempt and Will Hill returned it 64 yards for a touchdown as time expired, giving Baltimore a stunning 33-27 win Monday night over the luckless Cleveland Browns, who lost their sixth straight game along with starting quarterback Josh McCown.

Coons lined up to kick a potential game-winning 51-yard field goal with 3 seconds to go for the Browns (2-9), but it was deflected by Urban, who was playing his first NFL game after missing the past two seasons with injuries to his knee and right arm.

"It's surreal," said a beaming Urban, a fourth-round pick in 2014 who missed all last season and tore his biceps earlier this year. "After being out so long, it's crazy. I'm almost speechless. It's just a wonderful feeling."

Quarterback Matt Schaub, making his first start since 2013, threw two touchdown passes for the Ravens (4-7), who seem to take every game to the wire. All 11 of their games have been decided by fewer than eight points.

"One of the greatest football games you're probably ever going to see in terms of excitement," said Ravens coach John Harbaugh.

McCown injured his collarbone in the fourth quarter and was replaced by Austin Davis, whose 42-yard TD pass to Travis Benjamin tied it with 1:47 remaining. Benjamin got inside Hill, who spent the waning moments hoping for a chance at redemption.

Gronkowski Has Bruised Knee

An MRI showed that New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has a bruised right knee but no tears, a source told ESPN's Dianna Russini on Monday.

A source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Gronkowski's injury is considered a "minor knee strain."

He is not expected to play this week against the Eagles, a source told Schefter, and he is considered week-to-week. How quickly Gronkowski returns will be a pain tolerance issue, sources told Schefter, but he is expected to be back before the end of the regular season.

Gronkowski was carted off the field after hurting his right knee in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 30-24 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos.

Thursday, December 3 Schedule (Time Central)

Green Bay at Detroit, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, December Schedule (All Times Central)

New York Jets at New York Giants, noon

Arizona at St. Louis, noon

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon

Seattle at Minnesota, noon

Houston at Buffalo, noon

Baltimore at Miami, noon

Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon

Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon