Did Browns get jobbed by officials on blocked field goal vs. Ravens?

It seems a day can’t pass in the NFL without controversy over referees.

The Cleveland Browns lost a game Monday night in the most Browns way possible. The fact that there appears to be evidence that suggests the play should have been deemed illegal makes it even more Brownsy.

Cleveland had a potential game-winning field-goal attempt blocked as time expired and run back for a touchdown, but it appears that the Baltimore Ravens were lined up offsides on the block.

Have a look:

(You might have noticed the foot of the Ravens’ Will Hill appearing to be out of bounds in this pic, too. We’ll address that in a bit.)

There was — as seems to be par for the course in this Year of the Ref — no flag. The Ravens improbably won, and Browns fans felt like burning things.

Factory of madness?

Yes, the Browns are to blame for their faults on Monday, such as some horrific clock and game mismanagement — squirreling away timeouts despite a bleeding clock — in the waning moments. There might be no sadder trifecta of final plays:

• An Austin Davis scramble capped by a slide inbounds despite the clear chance to gain more yards and stop the clock by running out of bounds, without having to use a timeout.

• A first-down run from the right hashmark to … the right hashmark. Yes, that appeared to be how the play was called, blocked and executed. That was a conscious decision to accomplish nothing of value, tantamount to running a play just for the heck of it. Nothing gained, time lost. Brilliant stuff, really.

• The now-infamous blocked field-goal attempt, which was 7 yards longer than any kick Travis Coons had attempted all season. The guy who blocked it: Ravens lineman Brent Urban, who was playing his first NFL game.

Of course, a correct call of offsides on Ravens end Anthony Levine would have given the Browns another chance to win it. But based on their history, we couldn’t have put it past them to blow the game in some other spectacular way.

Hill stepping out of bounds? That’s a whole different story.

All touchdowns are reviewable, right? How is this missed? If you look on the video above at about the 1:26-1:27 mark, you see what might have been Hill’s foot out of bounds — although it’s hardly clear. Remember: The replay officials don’t have access to still shots like we do after the game.

But this makes a sad play ever sadder. We didn’t think it was possible.

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Eric_Edholm