Cleveland Browns Weekly Game Release Week 7, Game 7 October 25, 2020 • 1 P.M
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at 2020 CLEVELAND BROWNS WEEKLY GAME RELEASE WEEK 7, GAME 7 OCTOBER 25, 2020 • 1 P.M. ET • AT CINCINNATI BENGALS • PAUL BROWN STADIUM • CINCINNATI, OHIO cleNOTABLE cinSTORYLINES • The Cleveland Browns (4-2) are back in action this week, ever been done by a Brown. His streak of two seasons is the only traveling to Paul Brown Stadium for the final Battle of Ohio active one in the NFL and is the first time it has been done in the matchup of 2020 against the Cincinnati Bengals (1-4-1). The NFL since Miller from 2016-17. Browns have won the last four out of the last five meetings and look to sweep the Bengals for the first time in the same season • WRs Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. each extended their since 2018. active streaks of games with two-plus receptions to 101 and 81 consecutive games, respectively, the longest active streaks in • This year, the Browns are averaging a league-leading 169.5 the league. rushing yards per game, while the defense has added 12 takeaways, the most in the NFL. TABLE OF CONTENTS • At 4-2, HC Kevin Stefanski is off to the best start by a new Browns head coach since Butch Davis in 2001, while his 4-record How they compare 5 is the best among all new head coaches in the NFL this season. Connections 6 Last time they played 6 • The AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) jumped on the Series history 7 Browns early and didn’t let up last week at Heinz Field, sending What to look for 7 the Browns back to Cleveland with a 38-7 loss and a 4-2 record. Probable starters 8-10 QB Baker Mayfield, dealing with a chest injury that limited him in Team notes 12-14 practice throughout the week, threw for 119 yards, a touchdown Player notes 15-26 and two interceptions. His day came to an end late in the third Kevin Stefanski bio 27-28 quarter, when he was replaced by veteran QB Case Keenum with Rosters 29-32 the Browns trailing by 24. Keenum completed five passes for 46 How the team was built 33 yards. Depth chart 34 Pronunciation guide 34 • TE Austin Hooper led all Browns receivers with five catches for Participation 35 52 yards, his third straight game with at least five receptions. Transactions 36-39 The streak is the second longest of his career and is the longest The last time 40-42 active streak by a tight end in the NFL this year. 2020 Statistics 43-45 2020 game summaries 46-48 • DE Myles Garrett extended his streak of games with at least Supplemental stats 49-60 one sack to five, the first such streak by a Brown since 1995 Supplemental bios 61-62 (Anthony Pleasant). He tied Pleasant and Reggie Camp in 1984 for the longest streak in team history. His active streak of five games is the longest in the NFL and a new personal best. GAME INFORMATION TELEVISION CBS, PLAY-BY-PLAY Spero Dedes and ANALYST Adam Archuleta • Garrett’s lone sack in Week 6 gave him 37.5 in his career, passing Von Miller for the fifth-most sacks by a player in his first 43 career games. His total also passed Miller for the fourth LOCAL RADIO University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network, most by a first-round draft pick in his first 43 career games. His FLAGSHIP STATIONS 92.3 The Fan (WKRK-FM), 850 ESPN Cleveland, WNCX 37.5 career sacks tied Carl Hairston for fourth on the Browns’ (98.5 FM), PLAY-BY-PLAY Jim Donovan, ANALYST Doug Dieken, SIDELINE all-time list. REPORTER Nathan Zegura • Garrett has recorded seven-plus sacks in the first six games of a season for two consecutive years, the first time this has 2020 Cleveland Browns Weekly Release | Week 7, Game 7 | 3 A LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S GAME AFC NORTH SCHEDULE LAST WEEK CLEVELAND (4-2) at PITTSBURGH (5-0) PIT, 38-7 BALTIMORE (5-1) at Philadephia (1-4-1) BAL, 30-28 CINCINNATI (1-4-1) at Indianapolis (4-2) IND, 31-27 THIS WEEK CLEVELAND (4-2) at CINCINNATI (1-4-1) Oct. 25, 1 p.m. ET PITTSBURGH (5-0) at Tennessee (5-0) Oct. 25, 1 p.m. ET BALTIMORE (5-1) BYE NEXT WEEK Las Vegas (3-2) at CLEVELAND (4-2) Nov. 1, 1 p.m. ET PITTSBURGH (5-0) at BALTIMORE (5-1) Nov. 1, 1 p.m. ET Tennessee (5-0) at CINCINNATI (1-4-1) Nov. 1, 1 p.m. ET UP NEXT Next week, the Las Vegas Raiders (3-2) travel to Northeast Ohio for an AFC showdown against the Browns (4-2) at FirstEnergy Stadium on Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. ET. The matchup will be the first between the two since 2018, when the Raiders won in OT, 45-42. 2020 Cleveland Browns Weekly Release | Week 7, Game 7 | 4 A LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S GAME HOW THEY COMPARE 2020 NFL REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS BROWNS BENGALS Points PG 27.2 (12) 21.5 (26) Total YPG 358.8 (19) 343.3 (25) Rushing YPG 169.5 (1) 101.8 (24) Passing YPG 189.3 (29) 241.5 (18t) Points APG 31.2 (30) 26.2 (17) Total Defensive YPG 365.7 (19) 394.7 (25) Rushing Defensive YPG 94.0 (4) 142.3 (27) Passing Defensive YPG 271.7 (27) 252.3 (22) Turnover Ratio +4 (6t) -1 (19t) HEAD TO HEAD A head-to-head look at each teams’ top offensive and defensive weapons: PASSING QB Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rate Joe Burrow 160 246 1,617 6 4 85.0 Baker Mayfield 103 170 1,095 10 6 84.3 AP PHOTO/ AJ MAST KEVIN ZAC RUSHING STEFANSKI TAYLOR RB Att Yds Avg TD Joe Mixon 119 428 3.6 3 Kareem Hunt 83 387 4.66 3 KEVIN STEFANSKI: 4-2, FIRST SEASON AS A HEAD COACH. FIRST WITH THE RECEIVING BROWNS. On January 13, 2020, the Cleveland Browns WR Rec Yds Rec/G TD announced the hiring of Kevin Stefanski as the 18th Tyler Boyd 37 416 6.2 1 full-time head coach in franchise history. The 38-year Jarvis Landry 24 319 4 0 old spent the past 14 seasons in various roles with the Minnesota Vikings. Prior to Cleveland, Stefanski joined the Vikings in 2006 as an assistant to the head coach TACKLES and elevated up the coaching ladder, serving as assistant Player Asst Solo Tot quarterbacks coach (2009-13), tight ends (2014-15) B.J. Goodson 18 28 46 and lone season (2016) coaching running backs. From Vonn Bell 20 25 45 2017-18, he coached the quarterbacks and added the role of interim offensive coordinator for the final three SACKS games in 2018 before being named the team’s offensive Player Sacks coordinator in 2019. Stefanki played defensive back at Myles Garrett 7.0 University of Pennsylvania. Carl Lawson 3.5 PASS DEFENSES ZAC TAYLOR: 3-18-1, 2ND SEASON AS A HEAD COACH, 2ND WITH THE BENGALS. Zac Player PD Taylor was appointed the 10th head coach of the Cincinnati Denzel Ward 8 Bengals franchise on February 4, 2019. He began his NFL Jessie Bates 8 coaching career with the Miami Dolphins serving as QBs coach and offensive coordinator from 2012-15. A one- INTERCEPTIONS season stint as offensive coordinator and QB coach for Player Int the University of Cincinnati in 2016 before returning to the Logan Wilson 2 NFL in 2017, Taylor spent time in Los Angeles part of the Six Browns 1 Rams organization in 2017 (asst. WR) and 2018 (QB coach). Taylor played football at the collegiate level at Wake Forest (2002-03), Butler Community College (2004) and the University of Nebraska (2005-2006). 2020 Cleveland Browns Weekly Release | Week 7, Game 7 | 5 A LOOK AT THIS WEEK’S GAME NOTABLE CONNECTIONS THE LAST TIME VS. THE BENGALS • Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown was the Browns’ first head coach and general manager. Brown coached the BENGALS 30 Browns from 1942-62, before later founding the Cincinnati BROWNS 35 Bengals and becoming the Bengals’ first head coach and Sept. 17, 2020 general manager. Brown coached the Bengals from 1968-75. FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio • Bengals DL coach Nick Eason served as a coaching intern for TEAM 1 2 3 4 F the Browns in 2013. Eason also played for the Browns from Cincinnati 3 10 3 14 30 2004-06. Cleveland 7 14 7 7 35 • Bengals K Austin Seibert was drafted by the Browns in the SCORING SUMMARY fifth round (170th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. Seibert TEAM Q TIME PLAY played in 17 career games with Cleveland. Bengals 1 7:13 R.Bullock 38 yd. Field Goal (15-41, 7:47) Browns 1 1:48 N.Chubb 11 yd. run (C.Parkey kick) (10-75, 5:25) • Browns offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt served as the Browns 2 11:54 O.Beckham 43 yd. pass from B.Mayfield (C.Parkey kick) (3-57, 1:34) Bengals QBs coach from 2018-19. Bengals 2 9:00 C.Uzomah 23 yd. pass from J.Burrow (R.Bullock kick) (6-57, 2:54) Browns 2 1:31 K.Hunt 6 yd. pass from B.Mayfield (C.Parkey kick) (12-63, 3:54) • Browns senior football advisor Ryan Grigson was drafted by Bengals 2 0:02 R.Bullock 43 yd. Field Goal (12-50, 1:29) the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL Draft.