Browns Introduced With Brutal Intervention Call (Video)

The Cleveland Browns were up against it in the face of the Raiders with several launch points missing due to COVID, and referrals decided to add another roadblock.

There’s not much that’s out of the ordinary about Cleveland Browns‘match against Las Vegas Raiders. For starters, they start Monday at 5 p.m. ET after the game originally scheduled for Saturday was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak on Cleveland’s roster.

Beyond that, though, the postponement doesn’t allow so many key starters to be left out that Cleveland is on the COVID list, especially with Baker Mayfield, Jedrick Wills, head coach. Kevin Stefanski, and many others out.

Suffice it to say, the Browns were up against it for this game.

So it made it much harder to swallow as the refs threw a flag for defensive pass intervention against cornerback MJ Stewart on a deep ball where he and Zay Jones’ receiver The Raiders are all fighting to get the ball back.

Browns corrupted by bad call, past intervention penalty: Twitter reacts

Both Cleveland fans and onlookers alike couldn’t believe the Browns were flagged for a penalty in the game.

That flag should never have been thrown. There aren’t many better cases of each player coming in contact to try and execute a play of the ball than this. So to say Stewart or, if it is reversed, Jones, winning a well-deserved advantage with a penalty is asinine.

Cleveland had left the field and was forced to play a penalty after the penalty but, still there, the team was plagued by a battle for position on the field by a flag that should have been in the referee’s pocket.