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Brown Fail To Finish, Crushed By The Saints 35-14
(11-17-24)
The Browns saw their record fall to (2-8) on the year after dropping a 35-21 decision to the Saints in New Orleans Sunday.
The game was tied 14-14 heading into the 4th quarter, from that point forward, the Saints dominated the Browns, outscoring them 21-0 to pick up the victory.
The Browns defense had no answer for New Orleans “Swiss Army Knife” Taysom Hill, who ran it, threw it and caught it in the victory.
Hill rushed for a game high 138 yards and 3 touchdowns, caught 8 passes for 50 yards, returned a kick off for 42 yards and also completed 1 pass for 18 yards.
New Orleans quarterback, Derek Carr also had a big game throwing for 248 yards and 2 touchdowns.
In a losing effort against his former team, Jameis Winston completed 30 of 46 passes for 395 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
Jerry Jeudy was the Browns leading receiver with 6 catches for 142 yards and 1 touchdown.
While Winston and Jeudy put up some impressive numbers, the Browns defense did not, as they were gashed for 214 yards rushing, 259 yards passing for a total of 473 yards.
Special teams were just as bad, as kicker Dustin Hopkins was 0 for 2 on field goal attempts, Cleveland failed on a 2-point conversion and gave up 96 yards total in punt returns and kick off returns.
Next up for the Browns, a home game Thursday night against the 1st place Steelers. who lead the AFC North with an 8-2 record after beating Baltimore on Sunday 18–16.