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00:00 The Browns have finally broken their streak of losing every season opener at home since
00:04 2004 in their dominant 24-3 win against the Cincinnati Bengals.
00:10 The weather was certainly a factor in this game and definitely affected what both quarterbacks
00:14 were able to do.
00:15 Deshaun Watson struggled with accuracy and was underthrowing quite a few balls because
00:20 of the rain.
00:21 He did start to pick things up as the game went on and ended up with a 65.9 QBR, which
00:26 was ninth in the league, compared to Joe Burrow's 20.4 QBR, which was 26th in the league.
00:34 The biggest story of this game, hands down, was the Browns' defense.
00:38 Every single unit showed up during this game and are the reason why the Bengals were only
00:43 able to score one field goal and were forced to punt the ball 10 times.
00:48 One of the more impressive plays in the game was Miles Garrett's fourth down sack of Joe
00:52 Burrow that gave the Browns the ball back with 10.27 left in the game.
00:57 He got past multiple defenders to get to Burrow and really reminded everyone that he is one
01:02 of the most dominant players in this league.
01:05 With this performance, one of the Browns' biggest questions of the offseason was answered,
01:09 and that was whether or not these players would really thrive in Jim Schwartz's defense.
01:14 They not only executed the defense well, but they were able to adapt in certain situations.
01:19 Coach Stefanski even gave Jim Schwartz one of the game balls for the way that he had
01:23 these guys prepared to play such a talented offense.
01:27 The Bengals were held to just 143 yards and converted only two of their 15 third downs.
01:35 The Browns' secondary had phenomenal coverage against the Bengals' pass catchers all game
01:39 and really never let their passing attack heat up.
01:42 Grant Delpit had one of the best games of his career and ended the day with one pass
01:47 defended, one QB hit, and eight total tackles, which was the highest on the team.
01:53 He got involved in the game in a variety of ways, whether it was providing pressure on
01:56 the Blitz or assisting in run support.
01:59 He even had lockdown one-on-one coverage against Tee Higgins during a key third down play.
02:06 The Browns' defense is going to have to continue to build on this performance Monday night
02:10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and prove to everyone that they are a group to be reckoned
02:15 with.
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