The Cleveland Browns' day could be summed up by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Jersey play they ran with 95 seconds remaining against the New York Jets. , with an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and the Browns facing a second-and-10 from the Jets' 25-yard line, aimed a pa s at rookie practice-squad call-up down the sideline just yards from the goal line. Bradley, between two defenders, got his fingertips on the ball, but Mayfield's pa s was high and fell incomplete.That drive, and the Colin Castleton Jersey Browns' comeback attempt, ended when Mayfield on fourth-and-inches two plays later, with the Jets holding on . That the Browns were hoping for a playoff-berth-clinching catch from a player who entered the game having not caught a pa s for Cleveland all season, though, was 2020 in a nutshell: Compliance with the NFL's COVID-19 protocols is a competitive element this season and the failure to comply has caused good teams to lose games, as coaches predicted would happen going all the way back to training camp and as the Browns did Elijah Elliott Jersey to the Jets on Sunday.Bradley, who had five receptions for 60 yards, was playing because the Browns' top four receivers, including starters and , were deemed on Saturday to be high-risk close contacts of a person who tested positive for COVID-19 -- linebacker . That meant the Browns spent Saturday afternoon scrambling to elevate practice-squad fill-ins, and early Sunday morning in a freezing Raiquan Gray Jersey cold parking lot near the Browns' New Jersey hotel, executing a walkthrough to try to bring the players up to speed.A devastated-looking Mayfield took one question in his postgame media availability about losing his receivers, gave a long answer in which he blamed himself for losing two fumbles and then left."It's pretty Missouri Tigers Jersey much 2020 all in 24 hours," Mayfield said. "Something happens. You have to adapt and change. It's not an excuse. I'm just going to go ahead and answer all the questions right now. There's no excuse. It sucks that we didn't have our guys, but we believe in the guys we have in this locker room, no matter who it is."... There's Trevon Grimes Jersey no excuse. Plain and simple. I failed this team. ... Obviously, I just need to hold on to the damn ball."