The Install: 3 Areas of Focus as Browns Prepare for Baltimore.

The Cleveland Browns may have suffered a heartbreaking loss in the season opener, but they also walked away with confidence moving forward. Rightfully so, much of the conversation in the fanbase has centered around the costly miscues that cost them a win last Sunday at Huntington Bank Field.

Inside the building, there isn't much that can be done about those things. The interceptions that volleyed off your top two receivers' hands were fluke plays that you probably don't see two of in an entire season, let alone a single game.

The missed kicks came from your new kicker, who was perfect in the preseason to beat out the old kicker whom everyone was demanding they replace. Fundamentally, everything other than the kick itself appeared to be properly executed.

The decision not to bring in a new kicker will be heavily scrutinized, but it does send a message to the rest of the team. In a what have you done for me lately league, it signals that the team supports its players to develop and get better. Andre Szmyt will have another opportunity to prove himself in what should be another closer than expected game.

Now, let's move on to where the real focus should be ahead of another critical divisional matchup.

Improving the run blocking.

When you hear coaches say it takes all eleven guys, they must have been talking about the Browns' woes running the football against the Bengals. It seemed to be different things at different times, but the execution as a whole needs to be much better.

First and foremost, the offensive linemen have to win in their individual matchups. They didn't get enough movement up front to create space for the ball carriers. Losing Jack Conklin early in the game hurt, but perhaps the unit's bodies are falling behind what their minds want to do.

Don't panic yet, as most teams struggle finding continuity in the rushing attack early in the season due to a lack of doing it at true game speed in camp and preseason. New offensive line coach Mike Bloomgren will need to identify the little details to improve the group's overall performance.

Personnel changes in the backfield.

I give head coach Kevin Stefanski and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees high marks for their first game overall. The one gripe that I had was the way they divided the workload of carrying the football.

I thought they really missed an opportunity late in the game to wear down the Bengals by bringing in Raheim Sanders on early downs to start drives. Both Jerome Ford and Dylan Sampson run in a similar style, and Sanders is much bigger with a rare combination of speed and explosiveness.

The plan this week should be more of a pairing of Sanders with Sampson, despite the past success Ford has had at times against the Ravens.

Defending Lamar Jackson.

There isn't an offensive player in the NFL causing more defensive coordinators sleepless nights than Jackson. General manager Andrew Berry has built the defensive roster with the dynamic QB in Baltimore at the top of mind.

Unfortunately, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is out of the plan moving forward after the injury he suffered the last time the team played the Ravens on the road. A large portion of the responsibility will now fall upon the shoulders of rookie linebacker Carson Schwesinger to slow down this Ravens offense.

For him and fellow rookie Mason Graham, it will be their first time facing Jackson. For Browns' defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, it's his task to put them in position to succeed.

It should start with playing more zone coverage than he'd like to in the back end. The secondary will need to keep an eye on Lamar as he tries to avoid what should be a relentless pass rush.

Graham being able to get pressure up the middle could help force Jackson into pressure coming around the edge. Schwesinger will likely be called upon to spy the dual-threat quarterback in certain situations, leaving the defense susceptible to some downfield shots over the middle.

It will be another tall task for the team's rookies, but as they proved in Week One, they might be a special draft class capable of changing the tide of this division in the coming years.

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