BEREA — Denzel Ward said it was pretty straightforward why he wasn't able to finish the Browns ' Week 2 loss to the Baltimore Ravens .

"Yeah, I think just, man, I was dehydrated," Ward said Sept. 17. "I was dehydrated. I just couldn't really shake it back and get back right."

Ward played just 20 plays in the 41-17 loss to the Ravens . Most of those came in the first quarter, which was before he went to the locker room with cramping issues . Buy Cleveland Browns tickets

The Browns turned to Cameron Mitchell to fill Ward's absence, and it was not a good result overall. Although receivers Mitchell covered were only targeted four times, three of those went for Ravens touchdowns.

"Yeah, just can't get discouraged," Ward said of advice to Mitchell. "That's the game. That's the game

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