CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns were defeated by the Giants on Sunday, 21-15, but that’s just what the scoreboard said. Here are the real winners and losers from the game: Mistakes happen all the time in football, but they hit harder when occurring in a timely manner that eventually works against you.

Not long ago, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen proclaimed to his inner circle of front-office personnel on Hard Knocks that the franchise could not afford to start season 0-3 with so much in question for the year ahead.