After a dazzling start, the Ravens’ offense fizzled. Who is to blame?

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CLEVELAND — Fourth-and-2 at the goal line, would the Ravens of old, the ones who struggled in the red zone and in short-yardage situations, rear their heads again?

No, no they wouldn’t. Not with their old play-caller on the other sideline and their new play-caller showing his chops. Instead, new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle pulled out a play the Ravens had been repping all week.

As the final seconds of the play clock wound down, running back Derrick Henry moved out of Wildcat formation, behind tight end Josh Cuevas, and quarterback Tyler “Snoop” Huntley ran back in to receive the snap. He faked the handoff to Henry as Cuevas ran to the right before curling back into a wide-open section in the middle of the end zone.

“I felt good about that play the entire week,” Cuevas said. “And it just happened that the look we wanted happened. ... I saw a bunch of trash up front with the trenches, and I was just praying that Snoop kind of got it through, and he ended up delivering.”

It was a beautiful start to the Ravens’ first AFC North game under Jesse Minter. It was also the last time the Ravens saw the end zone as they fell 13-10 to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

After rushing for 54 yards on 11 carries in the first quarter, the Ravens had only 43 yards over the next three, falling short of the 100-yard mark they had eclipsed all season.

Everyone was at fault. Henry fumbled in the fourth quarter. Huntley attempted only two rushes for 6 yards after the half after running three times for 33 yards. Running back Justice Hill didn’t carry the ball at all. And, although the line had been clearing 2.7 yards before contact for its rushers, after the first quarter, the Ravens had minus-0.5 yards before contact.

“That’s a really aggressive front,” Minter said. “We weren’t able to really sustain anything in the run game. I thought the first drive was really well done, and then, after that, it was ... they’re jetting upfield, and they’re cutting off some of our angles in the zone schemes. They did a really good job, and we have to find a way to have more answers for that type of defense.”

The passing attack fared slightly better but wasn’t good enough. Huntley missed open targets and almost threw away the game in the fourth quarter. He was saved when safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren dropped the interception he threw right to him.

“Man, they were doing a good job of switching it up all throughout the game,” Huntley said. “I don’t know how many times I can say they changed it up, but they did a great job of switching it up every drive that we came out.”

The offensive line allowed two sacks just before halftime and one in the third quarter. After the game, left tackle Ronnie Stanley said he was disappointed in how the unit played.

“I think it just comes down to the details — lining up right, making sure you’re taking the right leverage on your block — and a lot of those plays come down to one block here or one person there,” Stanley said. “Putting us behind the sticks, it’s always going to be a long game if you keep doing that.”

And the Ravens had three delay-of-game penalties after the first quarter (although one was an attempt to get the Browns to jump offsides). Huntley and Stanley said they don’t know what happened and would have to check the tape.

The Ravens, who had more than three times as many offensive yards at the half, ended with two fewer than the Browns, gaining just 72 yards after halftime.

As things started to fall apart, Stanley tried to address it. He said he’s been around long enough to know that early drives are still important, even if you’re up two scores.

Cuevas said Stanley was preaching that the Ravens needed to establish their identity and find ways to push down the field, injured quarterback Lamar Jackson was patrolling the sidelines trying to keep the morale up, and rookie wide receiver Ja’Kobi Lane tried to bring the energy.

Nonetheless, the Ravens punted five straight times after the first quarter before missing a field goal, fumbling and then punting again. This was despite a well-called game by Doyle, Stanley said.

After the game, Henry spoke to the team, wanting the others players to know the loss was on him and he has to be better.

No one agreed with that. But the speech had an effect on the rookies.

“For those in the room — like us young guys — in the future, we try not to let bad things happen, but if they were to happen, then he’s teaching us to take accountability for that and get to work,” Cuevas said.

No one assigned blame and everyone shouldered it after the game. The consensus is they need to hit the film room and figure out where things went wrong and why, Lane said — because the answer certainly wasn’t Henry’s fumble.