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| Browns returner Travis Benjamin had a big night, returning a punt for a touchdown and setting the franchise record for single-game punt return yards. |
It’s not Thanksgiving, but I’d like to take a quick moment
to express how thankful I am that the good Lord has instilled in me a passion
for the NFL so deep that I would never for a moment consider missing a game
that is available for me to watch live. Conversely, people all over Facebook
and Twitter (I’m looking at you, NFL Memes) talked about how lame this game
would be, going so far as to say that painting a fence a la Tom Sawyer would be
more interesting.
Well, if they stuck to their words and missed this game, it
was certainly their loss. The video game score in this one probably surprised a
lot of people waking up this morning considering it was a game between the
Bills and the Browns. They’ll probably be even more surprised to know that
Brandon Weeden entered the game on Cleveland’s second possession and, though it
took a couple drives to settle in, played a heck of a game.
E.J. Manuel also left the game, though he lasted until the
second half. Jeff Tuel did not fair as well as Weeden.
It was a game of runs, as they say. The Bills opened the
game with 10 points, but 17 points from the Browns in the second half gave them
the lead at the break. The Bills scored the game’s next 14 points and then the
Browns scored the game’s last 20.
On a rainy evening on which Jim Brown, the greatest Brown of
all time and maybe one of the best players the NFL has ever seen, was honored
at halftime, the ground game was highlighted in a way that probably made the
old football hero proud. The two teams combined for nearly 250 rushing yards on
63 carries and the Browns got their first rushing touchdown of the season.
The 3-2 Browns now lead the AFC North. The Bengals will have
to beat the Patriots and the Ravens will have to beat the Dolphins if they want
to keep pace.
Buffalo falls to 2-3. After an exciting first two games that
resulted in a close loss to the Patriots and an exciting last second victory
over Carolina, they haven’t looked very good, and things only figure to get
tougher with games against Cincinnati, Miami, New Orleans and Kansas City over
the next four weeks.
Final Score:
Buffalo Bills – 24
Cleveland Browns – 37
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