GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: CLEVELAND (7-5) at NY JETS (3-9)

NFL: CLEVELAND (7-5) at NY JETS (3-9)

<h3>Browns look to rebound against Jets</h3>



<div class="pre">Cleveland (7-5) at NY Jets (3-9) 4:15 pm EST</div>

<div class="pre">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- The Cleveland Browns'</div>playoff push ran into a road block last week in Arizona. Now,they will learn how well they can respond to adversity.

The Browns look to get back on track Sunday, when they visit theNew York Jets, who are coming off their best performance of theseason, albeit against the winless Miami Dolphins.

Cleveland probably could afford one stumble, but it may not beable to survive another slip. Last week's 27-21 loss to theCardinals dropped the Browns into a tie with Tennessee in therace for the AFC's second wild card.


Their remaining schedule is favorable. After this week, theBrowns have home games remaining against Buffalo and SanFrancisco and a road contest at Cincinnati.


"We're still in decent position," coach Romeo Crennel said. "Thething that we have to do is play better football. If we playbetter football, we'll give ourselves a chance."


Cleveland fell into an early 14-0 hole against Arizona and couldnot overcome four turnovers - two of which led to theCardinals' first 14 points.


Still, the Browns can feel encouraged about the fact that theystill had a chance to win in the final minute before sufferingjust their second loss in the last seven games.


Derek Anderson, who has led the Browns to four come-from-behindwins this season, nearly pulled out a miracle victory.

He completed a 47-yard "Hail Mary" pass to Kellen Winslow in theend zone on the game's final play. However, the officials ruledWinslow caught the ball out of bounds and video replayconfirmed the decision on the field.


The Browns are just 2-4 on the road.


"I think this team has some resiliency," Crennel said. "Theyhave shown they can bounce back. They've shown they will fightto the end, just like did in the game Sunday down there at thegoal line."


The Jets took advantage of five turnovers by Miami quarterbackJohn Beck - three interceptions and two fumbles - to rout theDolphins, 40-13.


Two of New York's three wins this season have come againstMiami. The other was a surprising overtime victory against thePittsburgh Steelers.


Kellen Clemens had an average day for the Jets, completing15-of-24 passes for 236 yards. Still, he improved to 2-2 sincereplacing Chad Pennington as New York's starter.

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

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CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 10 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 8:57 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CLE BALL ON CLE 2 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 3:06 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 0:03 LEFT, 1ST QTR

CLE BALL ON CLE 11 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 0:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NYJ BALL ON CLE 12 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 0
NY JETS 0 0 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 14:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 11:10 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CLE BALL ON CLE 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 9:09 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYJ BALL AT MIDFIELD
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0 6:09 LEFT, 2ND QTR

CLE BALL ON CLE 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

CLEVELAND 0
NY JETS 0

CLE BALL ON NYJ 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD CLE
JAMAL LEWIS 7 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON
(PHIL DAWSON KICK)

CLEVELAND 7
NY JETS 0 1:15 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 7
NY JETS 0 1:05 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 30 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FG NYJ
MIKE NUGENT 35 YD

CLEVELAND 7
NY JETS 3 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 7 7
NY JETS 0 3 3 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NONE
2ND QUARTER: CLE - TD, JAMAL LEWIS 7 YD PASS FROM DEREK
ANDERSON (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 13:45.
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Anderson 16-yard pass to
Winslow on 3rd-and-10 to Cleveland
36; Anderson 18-yard pass to Cribbs
to New York 46; Anderson 14-yard
pass to Edwards on 4th-and-4 to New
York 26; Anderson 19-yard pass to
Heiden to New York 7. CLEVELAND 7-0
NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 35 YD, 15:00. CLEVELAND
7-3</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CLEVELAND 0 7 7
NY JETS 0 3 3 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

13:45 CLE - TD, J Lewis 7 Yd Pass From D Anderson (P Dawson Kick).
Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:54.
Key plays: Anderson 16-yard pass to Winslow on 3rd-and-10 to
Cleveland 36; Anderson 18-yard pass to Cribbs to New York 46; Anderson
14-yard pass to Edwards on 4th-and-4 to New York 26; Anderson 19-yard pass
to Heiden to New York 7. Cleveland 7-0.
15:00 NYJ - FG, M Nugent 35 Yd.
Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 1:15.
Key plays: Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to New York 41;
Clemens 17-yard pass to Cotchery to Cleveland 47; Clemens 19-yard pass to
Baker to Cleveland 28; Clemens 11-yard pass to Washington to Cleveland 17.
Cleveland 7-3.

Cleveland - Ny Jets End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Cleveland Ny Jets

FIRST DOWNS 9 10
Rushing 2 2
Passing 7 8
Penalty 0 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 1-6-17%
TOTAL NET YARDS 150 152
Total offensive plays 25 32
Average gain per play 6.0 4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING 35 43
Rushing attempts 9 16
Average gain per rush 3.9 2.7
NET YARDS PASSING 115 109
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-7
Gross passing yards 115 116
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 16-11-1 14-10-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.2 6.8
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-48.0 3-42.3
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-5 2-9
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 12:49 17:11


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Cleveland Ny Jets

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 7 28 4.0 11 0 T JONES 12 36 3.0 9 0
J CRIBBS 1 4 4.0 4 0 L WASHINGT 3 5 1.7 3 0
L VICKERS 1 3 3.0 3 0 K CLEMENS 1 2 2.0 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D ANDERSON 11-16-115 1 1 19 K CLEMENS 10-14-116 1 0 22

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: K CLEMENS 2-7.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J LEWIS 3 19 6.3 7 1 J COTCHERY 3 51 17.0 22 0
S HEIDEN 2 20 10.0 19 0 L WASHINGT 3 24 8.0 11 0
K WINSLOW 2 20 10.0 16 0 L COLES 3 22 7.3 12 0
J CRIBBS 1 18 18.0 18 0 C BAKER 1 19 19.0 19 0
B EDWARDS 1 14 14.0 14 0
J WRIGHT 1 14 14.0 14 0
L VICKERS 1 10 10.0 10 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
P DAWSON 1/1 0/0 M NUGENT 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 35</div>

 

NFL: CLEVELAND at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 7
NY JETS 3 14:56 LEFT, 3RD QTR

CLE BALL ON CLE 39 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD CLE
BRAYLON EDWARDS 4 YD PASS FROM DEREK ANDERSON
(PHIL DAWSON KICK)

CLEVELAND 14
NY JETS 3 12:32 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
CLEVELAND 14
NY JETS 3 12:24 LEFT, 3RD QTR

NYJ BALL ON NYJ 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>