Cleveland Browns (2-1) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) faced each other this Thursday (22) in the opening game of the NFL’s Week 3 on Thursday Night Football, in Ohio, and the hosts were victorious by the score. from 29 to 17.
The Browns showed a good offensive repertoire to get fans excited, while the Steelers continue to suffer offensively, in addition to missing TJ Watt, their main defensive player.
Jacoby Brissett had a good run with 220 passing yards and two touchdown passes. On the ground, Nick Chubb ran for 113 yards and Kareem Hunt had 47, while Amari Cooper (seven receptions for 107 yards and a TD) and David Njoku (nine receptions, 89 yards and a TD) were responsible for most of the passing yards. team.
For the Steelers, Mitchell Trubisky hit 19 of 31 passes for 209 yards. Diontae Johnson led the team in receptions (seven) and yards (76) for the third straight week and Najee Harris rushed for 56 yards and a touchdown.
THE GAME
The first campaigns in the attack of the two teams resulted in nothing. Pittsburgh’s special teams appeared once again at a crucial moment to block the Browns’ punt, positioning their offense in midfield, but Chris Boswell missed the 50-yard field goal and the score remained unchanged.
Cleveland knew how to capitalize on his rival’s mistake, and after converting a fourth down in the middle of the field, Chubb fired a run for more than 30 yards and positioned Brissett to, on the next play, find Amari Cooper in the endzone, opening 7-0 on the scoreboard. . At the start of the second quarter, Najee Harris tied the game with a TD run in a drive that was marked by the spectacular reception of rookie George Pickens.
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The Browns then returned to the lead with a six-minute drive for 79 yards, nine passes and three runs, finishing with a touchdown received by David Njoku. The game was very good and the defenses could not stop the attacks. The Steelers turned the score to 14-13 after a good run, mixing creative runs and passing plays, culminating in Trubisky’s running TD.
The third period was quite warm and marked by many stoppages caused by injuries on the field, especially on the Cleveland side, which lost Jedrick Wills, Anthony Walker Jr and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah. The only score of the end was a field goal by Cade York, turning the game around for the Browns.
At the start of the final quarter, Kevin Stefanski changed the strategy of Cleveland’s offense, calling nine runs and just one pass on the drive that lasted more than six minutes. Chubb finished the campaign by entering the endzone on a fourth down from the one-yard line and extended the home side’s lead to 23-14.
In the closing minutes, Pittsburgh went in search of the miracle, but only managed to kick a field goal with Boswell to bring the difference to a possession of the ball. However, the team did not recover the onside kick and the Browns went out with a 29-17 victory after scoring a TD in the last second of the game.
UPCOMING GAMES
Next Sunday (2), the Browns visit the Falcons, while the Steelers welcome the Jets. Both matches will be at 14:00 Brasilia time.
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