Sound the alarm. Put the city on alert. Press the panic button.

The Cleveland Browns’ season has officially reached critical mass following a 34-13 loss to the Washington Commanders. And of all four of the team’s ugly, sloppy and downright embarrassing losses this season, Sunday’s was the worst.

Forget the fact that it took until the 7:00 minute mark of the fourth quarter for the Browns to find the end zone. Or the fact that they scored just six points and just 13 points total over more than 50 minutes of glory action – fewer than the 16 points per game average they started Sunday with.

It’s the fact that the offense was outscored more than two to one by a margin of 434-212. That they were 1 of 13 on third down attempts and didn’t have a single third down conversion until the fourth quarter.

After Week 1, the question of what the Browns’ offensive identity would look like began. But back then, it was easy to dismiss it as first-game rust or a unit that hadn’t put up many reps in the preseason. This is Week 5, part of the schedule that should give the Browns some wiggle room to ease into less daunting matchups against the Giants, Raiders and Commanders.

Instead, all three of these meetings ended in defeat for Cleveland. And questions remain about his offensive identity.

Pre-snap penalties remain an issue. Cleveland had four false start penalties today, and what would have been a too many men in the huddle penalty early in the third quarter when the Browns were on the goal line cost the team points. This was only averted because Deshaun Watson instead took a delay of game penalty to avoid a second timeout.

Speaking of Watson, he was sacked seven more times today. It’s the third time this season he’s been sacked six or more times in a game. Since the loss to the Giants in Week 3, teams have known that the Browns’ offensive line has struggled to handle various blitzes and stunts. Washington gave them a lot of different looks because they posted similar results to their NFC East counterparts.

And even when Watson had time, he sometimes missed people being open and slow to see how the play was developing – the same issues that plagued him during his three years in Cleveland.

The league’s leader in dropped passes added a few more on Sunday.

The offense is a mess. The defense is a mess. The Browns are a mess. For now, the Cleveland Browns are a bad football team. And at 1-4, their season may be over before it even begins.