First quarter: Browns run four plays on offense
Browns kick off and the stands are about one-third empty. … Mike Adams starts at cornerback and on the first pass Cincinnati gains 19 yards. … The drive comes one yard short of a first down, and a bad snap helps Shaun Rogers block a field goal. … Hope lives. … Braylon Edwards drops a first-down catch on second down. … And, three and out. … Eric Wright just put on another tackling clinic on an end-around. … Bengal go for it on fourth-and-3. … Mike Adams celebrated breaking up a pass on third down, but the Browns were nowhere to be found on fourth down. … Bernard Scott lined up eight yards deep and ran right for 10 yards. … Browns offense thus far has been two-and-drop. … TD to Chad Ochocinco. … To this point Cincinnati has had the ball for 13:33 to the Browns 52 seconds. … Eric Mangini challenges and loses. … The Browns might miss that timeout. … Josh Cribbs brings the kickoff back to the 34. … The Browns main hope plays on special teams and returns kicks. … Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 0.
Second quarter: Cincinnati scores on defense
Well … the Browns had a chance to do something, but Jerome Harrison had the ball ripped out of his hands and Cincinnati returned it for a touchdown. … UGH. … Another drop and a pass off Mike Furrey's hands and a punt. … On the third-down pass, Anderson made a good throw well before Furrey's break, but Furrey saw the ball late and it glanced off his hands. … Another drop on third down, this one by Robert Royal. … That's four for the game. … An interception gets the ball back, but Anderson is sacked on a flea-flicker. … Second-and-22 and Brian Daboll runs off tackle. … Bengals do nothing again. Another good Cribbs return. … The Bengals are keeping the Browns in this game. … Anderson finds Mohammed Massaquoi down the sideline for what looked like a touchdown. … Replay brings it back to the one-half yard line. … Amazing what happens when receivers catch the ball, but the Browns still need to score. … They do on first down on a pass to Steve Heiden. … Browns go into the locker room with a legitimate touchdown, and trailing by a touchdown. … Bengals did not get a first down in the second quarter. … Cincinnati 14, Cleveland 7.
Third quarter: The Browns dominate
Mohammed Massaquoi is having one heck of a nice game. … Browns have a nice drive, but on third-and-goal Anderson is intercepted in the end zone. … Intended for Heiden, but Johnathan Joseph came off coverage and made the pick. … Bengals go three-and-out again. … This is some bad football. … Another good drive by the Browns takes them to the six. … Pass to Cribbs puts the ball at 1 and it's fourth down. … Anderson rolls out and scores on a scramble. … The Browns look like a real team. … Game tied at 14 and Cincinnati has not had a first down since the first quarter. … Thus far this quarter Cincinnati has run three offensive plays. … With 1:37 left, Cincinnati has had 17 yards and no first downs since the first quarter. … And the Bengals just fumbled the kickoff return and the Browns recovered. … Cincinnati 14, Cleveland 14 and the Browns are in field goal position.
Fourth quarter: Saved by a blocked extra point
Browns take fourth-quarter lead with field goal. … Bengals go three and out — AGAIN. … On third down Chris Henry was wide open but Carson Palmer missed him. … And they compound it with a personal foul. … The Bengals appear flummoxed by the fact they are losing to the Browns. … But the Browns commit a personal foul on the punt return and give the Bengals 15 yards. … Browns punt and Bengals take over at 20. … Cincinnati goes three and out — AGAIN. … Seven possessions in a row for Cincinnati without a first down. … Cribbs sets up the Browns again with an amazing return, but Browns get field goal and no touchdown. Will that cost the Browns as they lead by six, 20-14? … To this point, the Browns have held the Bengals to 11 yards in the second half. … Amazing, especially given the way the game started. … Finally, the Benglas convert a third-and-14 for a first down. … They drive to the two-yard-line and it's fourth down. … Browns call timeout with 2:02 left in the game, a fundamentally bad decision. … If Cincinnati scores the Browns have no timeouts left. … Palmer rolls around and buys time and Ochocincho catches a touchdown pass. … The game is tied and unbelievably Shaun Rogers blocks the extra point. … Shaun Rogers keeps the game tied. … Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable. … The game goes to overtime. Cleveland 20, Cincinnati 20.
Overtime: No block this time
Browns lose coin toss and then go offside on kickoff. Billy Cundiff had kicked the ball through the end zone. Now what? … The Bengals commit their own penalty on the return. … Fifteen-yard personal foul. … Ridiculous. … Cincinnati moves to the 42 and punts. … Browns ball. … They go three-and-out as blitz forced Anderson to throw too fast on third down when Massaquoi was open. … Cedric Benson runs for 25 yards for Cincinnati, which moves to 45. … Browns have made Carson Palmer struggle. … Cincinnati has to punt again after third-down sack by Wimbley. Great effort by Wimbley to go low and get to Palmer. … Bengals force a punt. … There's 7:35 left. … Bengals go three-and-out. … The two teams are playing to each other's level. … The game might come down to a Cribbs return. … He gets it to the 31. … Completion to Steve Heiden puts the ball at the Browns 49. … But the drive stalls. … Again. … Bengals take over with 3:23 to go. This is about where the Bengals took over in regulation. … Mike Furrey, playing safety, just broke up a pass. … Third down and Palmer finds Chris Henry to the 40. … Third down. … Another completion for a first down to the Browns 40. Browns had two penalties on that play, but oh well. … A sack sets up another third down. … Fourth and 11 at the 41 — Cincinnati puts the offense back on the field. … If they go for this and don't get it, they could set the Browns up for a win. … Marvin Lewis does not want a tie. … Palmer runs on the play and goes to the 26-yard-line. … Three third-down conversions on this possession. … A screen takes the ball to the 17. … The Browns only hope right now is another blocked kick. … They don't get it. … Cincinnati wins. Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 20.
Mr McManamon
You are too hot and cold on this live report. First the Brown goof "as usual" you say . . . then they make a great play and you compliment the team. I loved every minute of it. No one can accuse the Browns of quitting in this game. Hurrah for the Browns. Rogers played a fine game.
r m kraus
Shaun Rogers played a fine game? The guy had one freakin' solo tackle and zero sacks. Again. My overweight mother could have gotten one solo tackle in five quarters of play. The fat man who is going to put the word "die" in diabetes and the word "coroner" in coronary.
And Robert Royal is a royal piece of crap. Getting rid of Winslow looks worse every game.
By the way, did Brian Robiskie diddle Mackenzie Phillips, or what? He must have done something to really fry Mangini's onions.
wow! The Browns have moved up from being horrendous to just plain bad and still not being able to make the big play when needed to win a game. 0-16 here they come !