Browns complete record-setting comeback defeat Titans

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Browns complete record-setting comeback defeat Titans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The shook off a sluggish start with a finish for the NFL record book. threw a 6-yard touchdown pa s to with 1:09 left, and the rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat the 29-28 on Sunday. It was the largest comeback in league history by a road team.Only two other clubs have come back from bigger deficits in the regular season. San Francisco rallied from 28 down in beating New Orleans on Dec. 7, 1980, and Buffalo trailed 26-0 before beating Indianapolis 37-35 on Sept. 21, 1997.Every game this season has been decided by three points or fewer."I did tell them after the game they got to stop doing it," Mike Williams Jersey first-year Cleveland coach said. "I have an EKG scheduled for tomorrow because my heart can't take many more of these."It also was the biggest comeback in history. On Dec. 4, 1966, Cleveland trailed the 34-14 and won 49-40, according to STATS.On Sunday, the (2-2) won a road game for the first time since Sept. 22, 2013, at Minnesota. That looked unlikely when they fell behind 28-3 in the first half.Cleveland snapped a seven-game road Jalen Guyton Jersey losing streak by scoring 26 unanswered points, including 16 in the fourth quarter."It's just good to win," Hoyer said. "I said when we broke it down, 'Let's just win one by two touchdowns one week and not give everybody a heart attack.' It's great to always win, but to win coming back and know that you battled your butt off is a great feeling."It was the biggest regular-season lead blown by the (1-4) - a franchise that once squandered a 35-3 advantage to Buffalo in the playoffs as the Houston Oilers."Unbelievably tough lo s for us today after we played so well in the first half," coach said. didn't return after hurting his right thumb in the second quarter. X-rays were negative, but he'll have more tests Monday. Backup couldn't protect the big lead.Tenne see turned the ball over on downs at the 42 with 3:03 left when the stopped Whitehurst on fourth down and le s than a yard to go. Whitehurst said he didn' Gerald Everett Jersey t hear a whistle stopping his forward progre s, and he finished by sticking the ball out. Whisenhunt also thought Whitehurst got the first down.The coach said he did think about punting."I felt like with Cleveland having one timeout, we had a chance to win the game," Whisenhunt said.Hoyer finished off the comeback with his second TD to Benjamin in the quarter for Cleveland's first lead.The had one last chance with 1:09 left. But time expired just after Whitehurst found on a pa s past midfield.Hoyer finished 21 of 37 for 292 yards, and he started the ' comeback with Kemon Hall Jersey a 1-yard TD pa s to just before halftime. He also connected with Benjamin on a 17-yard TD pa s after Cleveland got the ball on a free kick off a safety early in the fourth quarter. had blocked 's punt through the end zone.It's the fourth straight lo s for the , and it could be very costly with a handful of players limping off.Whisenhunt streamlined his offense in trying to jump-start his struggling team. It worked as the scored on two of their first three drives.Locker was leading an 80-yard drive when cornerback blitzed, hitting Locker in the head. Locker's hand hit Skrine's Bryce Callahan Jersey helmet as he threw, and the quarterback immediately signaled first down before going to the sideline, then to the locker room.Two of Whitehurst's first three pa ses went for TDs, with the second a career long of 75 yards to for a 28-3 lead late in the first half. That was it for the ' offense as the cranked up their comeback.
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