Cleveland Browns finally have more wins than losses in a season. Browns got a 34-20 win over Washington Football Team on Sunday, improving to 2-1 in 2020 and first winning record since 2014.
The last time Browns were above .500 was in Week 15 of the 2014 NFL season, when they had a 7-6 record. They ended up losing the next three games and spent the next 90 consecutive weeks without a winning record. Unsurprisingly, this is by far the most in the history of the NFL.
However, it didn’t look like the streak will end entering the fourth quarter of the game against Washington. Cleveland was trailing 20-17 to start the final period, having looked unable to put points on the board up to that point.
Luckily for the Browns, their offense clicked when it mattered the most while the defense also played a big role in the turnaround. Quarterback Baker Mayfield first threw a three-yard touchdown to tight end Harrison Bryant, and then linebacker B. J. Goodson intercepted Dwayne Haskins to give his team the ball back 35 yards from Washington’s endzone.
Mayfield found Odell Beckham Jr. for 15 yards gain on the 2nd & 10, setting up the 20-yards TD run from Nick Chubb on the following play.
“First and foremost, this is a football town,” – said Mayfield after the game. “They deserve to have a great franchise and a great team, but we are worried about right now. Like I said before the season started, it is about building that culture, bringing the right guys in, and pushing this thing in the right direction, which is what we have been doing and we are trying to do. We have to build on this momentum and keep going one game at a time.”
