Browns, Packers and Week 3
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The Green Bay Packers have established themselves a serious contender in the NFC, steamrolling through two of the NFC's best teams in the first five games of the season as they are off to a 2-0 start. Green Bay had 10 days off to prepare for a Cleveland Browns team that's seeking to avoid an 0-3 start to the season.
The biggest concern going forward might be the offensive line. Tom said last week that his torn oblique muscle wasn't bad enough to require surgery, but after he exited after the first play, perhaps that might be necessary now. It also brings into question whether Tom should have been playing at all.
The Green Bay Packers surprisingly lost Sunday's matchup against the previously winless Cleveland Browns, but star edge rusher Micah Parsons isn't panicking.
A blocked field goal from 43 yards with 27 seconds left was the final nail in a stunning, collapse by the Packers in a 13-10 loss to the Browns.
As expected, the players who received the biggest jump in snaps following the loss of slot receiver Jayden Reed were first-round rookie Matthew Golden and Dontayvion Wicks. Third-round rookie Savion Williams is still mostly getting on the field for gadget plays or as a run blocker.
The Cleveland Browns have pulled off the upset of the season so far in the NFL, defeating the Green Bay Packers in a 13-10 game that featured a wild finish.
The return of Zach Tom lasted all of one snap for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in Cleveland. Tom, who injured his oblique in Week 1 and missed Week 2, suffered an aggravation of the injury on the game's first snap against the Browns at Huntington Bank Stadium and exited the game.
In a close, hard-fought game, the Packers increased their lead to 10-0 on a 3-yard TD pass from Love to John Fitzpatrick. The score capped a 14-play, 71 yard drive that kept the ball away from the Browns for 7:41. It featured a 31 yard catch and run by Josh Jacobs and a 16-yard pass to receiver Dontayvion Wicks.
The SportsLine projection model reveals its picks for the NFL Week 3 game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns