Marlon Humphrey knows exactly what the Baltimore Ravens are walking into in Cleveland, and he wants no part of another strange finish.
With the Ravens set to face the Browns at Huntington Bank Field in Week 6, the veteran cornerback said the stadium has a way of making life difficult for Baltimore no matter what either team’s record looks like. Humphrey said the atmosphere has felt imposing even in years when Cleveland was struggling, and he’s seen enough odd twists in that building to know the trip can go sideways fast.
“I'm hoping that trend ends on Sunday, but it's just a hard place to play. Like you said, it's always been weird, going back to the ‘weird goods' with Lamar with the poop game. There's been all types of things that have happened in Cleveland,” Humphrey said in a video posted by WJZ Sports on X, formerly Twitter.
The moment Humphrey referenced came in the Ravens’ 47-42 win over the Browns on Monday Night Football in December 2020. Baltimore survived a late Cleveland push, and Lamar Jackson briefly left the game in the fourth quarter in what some believed was a bathroom break. Jackson said afterward that cramps were the issue, and he came back to throw the game-winning touchdown.
That game also fits the broader pattern Humphrey is talking about. Even when the Ravens have often looked like the stronger team, the matchup in Cleveland has stayed tight. Since that 2020 win, the Browns are 3-2 against the Ravens in Cleveland.
Baltimore enters this meeting at 4-1 and on a three-game winning streak, sitting atop the AFC North. Cleveland comes in at 3-2 after having its own three-game run ended by the New York Jets last time out.
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