Like an older sibling who steals their siblings’ Halloween sweet, the Browns bullied the Bengals on each side of the ball on Monday. The hometown group dominated the sport whereas posting a 32-13 win over its in-state rival on Halloween.
The win snapped a four-game dropping streak for Cleveland (3-5, 2-1 within the AFC North), who acquired massive nights from quarterback Jacoby Brissett and Amari Cooper. Brissett threw for 278 yards and a landing on 17 of twenty-two passing. He additionally ran for a landing that gave the Browns an 18-0 lead six minutes into the third quarter. Cooper greater than made up for his first half interception after catching 5 passes for 131 yards and a landing.
Cincinnati’s offense clearly missed All-Professional receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who will likely be out for not less than the following a number of weeks with a hip damage. The Bengals (4-4, 0-3 within the AFC North) suffered one other vital damage Monday evening when cornerback Chidobe Awuzie left the sport with a knee damage in the course of the first half.
Chubb opened the scoring with a three-yard landing run out of the wildcat formation with 5:04 left within the first half. Chubb discovered the top zone once more moments later after the Browns determined to go for 2 after a Bengals penalty moved the ball to the 1-yard-line. Cade York’s 55-yard area as time expired gave the Browns an 11-0 halftime lead. His area objective got here simply after Evan McPherson hooked his 47-yard try.
Going through a Bengals protection that had not allowed a second-half landing getting into the evening, the Browns scored touchdowns on every of their first three drives following intermission. Well timed completions from Brissett to Cooper and Donovan Peoples-Jones, together with a gradual weight loss plan of Chubb and Kareem Hunt, helped Cleveland take a 25-0 lead by way of three quarters. The lead swelled to 32-6 after Chubb scored his second landing with 8:46 left. Chubb rumbled for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries earlier than leaving the sport early with the win in hand.
We’ll have a deeper breakdown of Monday evening’s recreation shortly, however within the meantime, take a look at our reside weblog under to re-live the motion in actual time.
