The Browns haven’t been productive on punt returns this season and that didn’t change in their 23-13 victory over the Raiders.
Travis Benjamin fielded two punts and fumbled one of them, although the Browns were able to recover the ball. It’s the second time that Benjamin has mishandled a punt this season and the third time that a Browns returner has put the ball on the ground overall. They’ve averaged a league-worst 2.8 yards on their returns for the season, but neither that nor the prospect of turning the ball over has the team thinking about bringing in help at the position.
“It hasn’t been brought up. I’m confident we can get it answered internally,” Browns coach Mike Pettine said, via Tony Grossi of ESPNCleveland.com.
Pettine was asked specifically about former Brown Josh Cribbs, who Grossi reports “has let everyone know” that he’d like to return to the team. Pettine said that Cribbs’ name hasn’t come up after he returned eight punts for 96 yards as a member of the Jets last season.