BREAKING NEWS: Browns' Late Collapse Hands Vikings Game-Winning Touchdown in 21-17 Loss
The Cleveland Browns suffered a 21-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in England to fall to 1-4.
The Browns had the lead late into the fourth quarter, but with 25 seconds left, Carson Wentz found Jordan Addison for a game-winning touchdown. Following the game, star cornerback Denzel Ward took full blame for the loss as he said he took a bad route on the play.
“Yeah, we were in Cover 2 and I got to reroute the guy inside and not put it so wide for the safety,” Ward said to the media. “So I take full accountability for that. And yeah, just got to finish and execute better once it gets down to the last seconds.”
Ward finished the game, recording 3 tackles, but his misread on Addison’s route ended up being costly.
The star cornerback, meanwhile, was also on Justin Jefferson at times. The star receiver recorded 7 receptions for 128 yards in a dominant game, and Ward knows it’s hard to defend him.
“He was straight,” Ward said of Jefferson. “He caught some balls in the zones, he showed up when it counted in the last minutes of the game and we’ve just got to finish and get the ball out.”
The Browns will go on the road to play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in Week 6.
Greg Newsome II Puts Blame on Browns Defense
Although Ward took accountability for the loss, the defense was shouldering the blame.
Cornerback Greg Newsome II said the loss was on the defense for not being able to stop the Vikings on their final possession.
“Yeah, that’s on us as a defense,” Newsome II said in the locker room. “We got the lead, last drive, that’s what we asked for and we didn’t hold up our end of the bargain. So definitely sucks to play such a good game to not finish it at the end.”
Browns defensive end Alex Wright, meanwhile, says the defense needs to be better if Cleveland is going to win games.
“We did a lot of talking about losses and stuff like that, but now we just got show because we done took L after L,” Wright said. “So it’s like people talk about, we got to do that now. It’s like the talking is going, we got to actually do something. But other than that, I feel like we did have good spurts. We had bad spurts, and that’s just the flow of the game. But overall, that too many, we just got to do better. We just got to finish.”
The Browns‘ defense recorded two fumbles and two sacks in a solid effort against the Vikings.
Coach Says Team Needs to be Better
Cleveland fell just short in England and fell to 1-4 on the season.
Following the game, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said the team needed to be better in every phase of the game.
“We need to do a better job closing out and that’s an offensive thing, defensive, special teams, coaches, players, you name it,” Stefanski said. “We’ve got to come away and be at our best in those moments and we were not and that’s the frustrating part for me.”
The Browns are now on a two-game losing streak.
What is the Prize Money for the 2025 Wuhan Open?
The Wuhan Open is the last tournament of the season in the WTA 1000 series. The main draw of the eighth edition of the tournament will be held from October 6 to 12 at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.
At present, the penultimate WTA 1000 of the season, the China Open, is underway and will be concluded on October 5. In Wuhan, Aryna Sabalenka will be the first seed and will also be playing a tournament for the first time since clinching her fourth Grand Slam singles title at the US Open by beating Amanda Anisimova. The World No.1 skipped the China Open because of an injury.
Sabalenka will enter the tournament as the defending champion. Last year, she upset home favorite and 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist Qinwen Zheng in three sets to win her third title in the tournament. Zheng, who played the China Open after recovering from an elbow injury, will be skipping the Wuhan Open because of the same injury.
World No.2 Iga Swiatek has zero points to defend, given that she was forced to skip the entire Asian swing due to her three-week provisional suspension last year. Sabalenka, Swiatek,
The Pole will be making her debut in the tournament. This year, the six-time Grand Slam champion reached her first grass-court final at the Bad Homburg Open but failed to beat
Gauff has won just one title this year- the French Open by beating Sabalenka. Apart from the Grand Slam title, she also reached the finals of the Madrid Open and the Italian Open, losing them to Sabalenka and
Anisimova has so far clinched only her first WTA 1000 title at the Qatar Open by beating compatriot Pegula, losing in the finals of the Queen’s Club Championships, Wimbledon, and the US Open. She has never progressed beyond the second round of the Wuhan Open. She will be up against
Prize money for the 2025 Wuhan Open
The total prize pool for the Wuhan Open is $3,654,963. From this, the winner will take home $596,000 and 1000 ranking points, while the runner-up will pocket $351,003 prize money and 650 points.
| Round of 56 | $16,860 |
| Round of 32 | $23,450 |
| Round of 16 | $41,500 |
| Quarterfinals | $83,250 |
| Semifinals | $180,100 |
| Runner-up | $351,003 |
| Champion | $596,000 |
The tournament will also determine the next few players who will qualify for the WTA Finals. The top four players- Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Amanda Anisimova- have already grabbed their ticket for Riyadh, and so is reigning Australian Open champion
Sabalenka holds a 17-0 record in Wuhan thanks to her victories in her three appearances (2018, 2019, 2024). The Belarusian is also the player with the most Wuhan Open titles. Apart from her, only three players have clinched the title since the WTA 1000 event made its debut in 2014. These players are
The final WTA 1000 of the season is a weeklong event, and 56 players are participating- 44 are from direct entries, four are wild card entrants, and eight are qualifiers.
