CB Brandon Stephens The fact that the Ravens ranked last in the league in pass defense through the first seven weeks was surprising considering how much talent is in their secondary, yet fairly explainable. They had faced a string of some of the top quarterbacks in the league this season – Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield. To a degree, they had also been unlucky. They were close in coverage, but their opponents had completed an unusually high (statistically speaking) number of tightly-contested passes. Those two factors changed Sunday in Cleveland, as Baltimore faced backup veteran quarterback Jameis Winston and a wide receiver corps that had lost its top target, Amari Cooper, via trade. The Ravens defense was among the league leaders in tight window throws forced, per Next Gen Stats, entering the game but surrendered too many easy completions to Winston and his receivers. Here's a closer look at what's hurting Baltimore's pass defense and more standouts from the tape: Are the Ravens trying to disguise too much? Let's start with this. If the Ravens catch even one or two of the interceptions that Winston threw them, it's a very different game and conversation. Winston let it rip. Sometimes that results in him throwing it to the other team (as he did), but it also means he's going to take shots and stress a defense. He gave the Browns offense a spark. The Ravens gave up too many underneath completions when they were rotating coverage, which led former NFL quarterback Kurt Benkert to question whether Baltimore's defense is trying to disguise too much.