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By Tom Withers, Associated Press 12:32 AM Sunday, November 15, 2009

CLEVELAND — With a deadline looming, a few thousand unsold tickets were bought and the Cleveland Browns narrowly avoided their first TV blackout in 14 years.

There may be nothing to save them against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night, Nov. 16. Forget the blackout. This could be a knockout.

Sliding toward another double-digit loss season, the Browns (1-7) will begin the second half of 2009 on display for a nationwide audience that has yet to see what, if any, progress coach Eric Mangini has made during a turbulent first year in Cleveland.

The Browns, whose finest moment — maybe their only one — last season came in a stunning Monday night upset of the New York Giants, will be facing a Ravens team looking to stop an unexpected dip after a 3-0 start. Baltimore is coming off a 17-7 loss to Cincinnati that dropped the Ravens two games out of first place in the AFC North.

They’re not a happy flock of birds these days.

“They always look angry,” Browns quarterback Brady Quinn quipped.

Quinn, who began the season as Cleveland’s starter before being yanked in Week 3, has returned to the starting lineup after Mangini benched highly ineffective quarterback Derek Anderson after five hideous weeks. Mangini, whose job security in Cleveland could hinge on his team’s performance over the final eight weeks, is now putting his future in the hands of a player he has lost faith in once already.

Now all Quinn has to do is get Cleveland’s anemic offense going against the Ravens, the team that cost him his job the first time. Quinn was pulled at halftime of the Browns’ 34-3 loss at Baltimore on Sept. 27 after throwing one interception and failing to convert a first down.