CLEVELAND — The Seattle Seahawks found the end zone once. They weren’t allowed to stay.
An illegal block — on a questionable call — wiped out Leon Washington’s 81-yard punt return for a touchdown Sunday, and the Seahawks couldn’t muster much offense in a sloppy 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns, whose only points came on a pair of long field goals by Phil Dawson.
Desperate for a big play with backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst unable to move their offense and running back Marshawn Lynch injured, the Seahawks (2-4) finally got one in the third quarter from Washington only to have his TD nullified by a blocking-in-the-back penalty against cornerback Kennard Cox.
Cox’s bump of Browns cornerback James Dockery near midfield was deemed illegal, although Seattle coach Pete Carroll wasn’t so sure about the call.