"Running back Jamal Lewis, who ran only 10 times but averaged 5.8 yards, questioned offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski's play-calling again.

He tried to be diplomatic but made it perfectly clear he's at philosophical odds with Chudzinski.

"You see it for yourself," Lewis said. "The worst thing about it is how you prepare. You prepare to come out here and do your job and be the best you can be. Then, the most disturbing thing is when you're not really able to get out there and put that stuff to work on the field. You do all you can do, and then it's just put to rest come game time."

Lewis said the play-calling leaves him "confused, but I just try to make the best of a bad situation and not blow up. It's something that I can't control and no players out here can control it. The only thing we can do is come in here and do our job."

Lewis, who fumbled the ball away on the Browns' first drive after a blindside hit and then had a botched exchange with quarterback Derek Anderson in the fourth quarter, carried the ball only twice in the first half, but gained 13 yards. The Browns ran only six times the first half, including four by Jerome Harrison. The Browns are 11-1 when Lewis carries 20 or more times.

Will he try to talk to Chudzinski about it?

"Been there, done that," he said. "It's his show. It's not mine. My job is just to do what I'm asked to do. I've gotten in a lot of trouble in past years, with my other team [the Ravens] doing stuff like that. My thing is, 'Jamal, go to work and do what you're asked to do.' "

Asked if he's getting used to the light workload, he said: "I don't have a choice but to get used to it. I thought we ran the ball well when I was in there and when Jerome was in there. I don't know. I guess I'll have to go watch the film and see what the coaches saw upstairs."

He said while he was standing on the sidelines: "I was thinking that there must be another plan or something that we practiced and I wasn't there for. I was trying to figure it out. I was just standing there, cold, that's it. Just taking in the breeze."

Lewis said he knows fingers will be pointed at coach Romeo Crennel, but he doesn't believe Crennel deserves the blame."