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Lions 30 Browns 7

Posted on October 7, 2021 at 08:16 PM.

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LIONS DOMINATE BROWNS 30-7 IN CLEVELAND

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In a battle of two of the NFL's best teams this season, the Detroit Lions (10-0) dominated the Cleveland Browns (9-2) 30-7 Sunday in Cleveland. The Lions held the vaunted Browns rushing attack to just 56 yards, and sacked Browns QB Baker Mayfield nine times in the contest.

The Lions jumped out to a 10-0 first quarter lead, and never looked back. Jamaal Williams scored on a 2 yard run, and an Austin Seibert 32 yard field goal put them up 10. Following a Mayfield fumble, D'Andre Swift scored on a 2 yard run of his own to put the Lions up 17-0.

Tyrell Williams put the game all but out of reach when he caught a 56 yard toss from QB Jared Goff, to give the Lions a 24-0 lead at halftime. Following a scoreless third quarter, Seibert added a pair of fourth quarter field goals to increase the lead to 30-0. The Browns finally got on the board with 1:22 left in the game, on a 1 yard pass from Mayfield to David Njoku.

Defensively, Romeo Okwara had 3.5 sacks. Julian Okwara, starting at OLB in place of Trey Flowers, had 4 tackles and a sack. Flowers missed the game because of back spasms.

With the win, the Lions improve to 10-0 on the season, 2.5 games ahead of the second place Green Bay Packers (8-3) The loss drops the Browns to 9-2. 3.5 games ahead of both the Bengals and Ravens.

The Lions return home, to host the Chicago Bears 2-8) in their annual Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field. The Bears have lost 5 games in a row, and are coming off of a 41-24 drubbing by the Baltimore Ravens. Bears Head Coach Matt Nagy is on the hot seat.

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