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The Denver Broncos protection scored two interception touchdowns to defeat the Browns 41-32 on Monday to spoil a record-setting evening for Cleveland’s Jameis Winston and Jerry Jeudy.
Winston handed for a Browns franchise-record 497 yards and 4 touchdowns, in addition to three interceptions, whereas Jeudy torched his former group, amassing a career-high 9 receptions for 235 yards and a TD within the shedding effort.
Despite being the primary Browns quarterback to move for over 400 yards since 2015, Winston’s brilliance was overshadowed by his two expensive interceptions that have been returned for touchdowns.
Trailing 14-10 within the second quarter, the Browns offense was marching down the sphere, attending to inside area objective vary. However, Nik Bonitto picked off the gunslinging Winston, taking it to the home for the 71-yard pick-six with 1:38 left within the first half.
Winston shortly made up for the interception, guiding the Browns offense 70 yards down the sphere, ending with a four-yard landing move to tight finish David Njoku.
“In occasions like this, that is a chance to proceed to glorify the Lord even via the hardest circumstances,” Winston mentioned after the sport. “I do know I’m higher than this, I’m simply praying for the Lord to ship me from pick-sixes. That’s not me.
“Phenomenal sport, offense did some nice issues, however I messed it up.”
Denver’s offense, led by Rookie of the Year candidate Bo Nix, added to its lead within the third quarter. Nix made a pin-point move to Marvin Mims Jr., who hauled within the deep ball for the 93-yard landing and a 28-17 lead. Nix completed with 294 yards, a landing and two interceptions.
The Browns wasted no time in responding, scoring a landing on the primary play of the following drive, when Winston related with Jeudy for a 70-yard landing, and a profitable two-point conversion to chop the deficit to 28-25.
After being acquired in a commerce in March, the previous Bronco had a profession evening in opposition to the group that drafted him within the first spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft. Jeudy set a file for essentially the most receiving yards in a participant’s first sport in opposition to their former group in NFL historical past.
Cleveland took a 32-31 lead within the fourth quarter, after Winston related with a wide-open Nick Chubb for a five-yard landing.
Nix then led the gritty Broncos offense into area objective vary, establishing a 27-yarder by kicker Dustin Hopkins and the 34-32 benefit.
Poised with a chance to orchestrate a go-ahead drive, Winston threw his second pick-six of the sport as Ja’Quan McMillian leaped up and grabbed the move, returning it 44 yards for the game-sealing rating.
“It wasn’t fairly and but ultimately we did what we needed to do particularly late,” Broncos head coach Sean Payton mentioned after the sport.
With the victory, the Broncos improved to 8-5 on the season as they keep within the hunt for the group’s first postseason look since 2015. Meanwhile, the Browns fall to a 3-9 file, and 2-3 since Winston changed the injured Deshaun Watson.
