Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals | 2023 Week 18 Game Highlights

HE’S NOT GOING TO GET MANY REPS TODAY. DRISKEL LOFTS IT TO THE NEAR SIDE OF THE FIELD AND IT’S INTERCEPTED BY THE BENGALS. JORDAN BATTLE KEPT HIS FEET INBOUNDS. JAMES: GREAT JOB AT FIRST BY CATCH GETTING THE TOES IN. TOM: THEY HAND IT OFF TO MIXON AND EXPLODES INSIDE BROWNS TERRITORY. BUT HE’S DOWN INSIDE THE 40 BEFORE DE’ANTHONY BELL TAKES HIM DOWN. IT’S A GAIN OF 16 YARDS. JAMES: YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE’VE GONE TO A 17-GAME SEASON. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ON THIRD DOWN. BROWNING TO THROW. MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, OVERTHROWS BOYD. IT’S TIPPED AROUND

AND INTERCEPTED! ANTHONY BELL TIPPED IT AROUND. DE’ANTHONY BELL TIPPED IT AROUND. AND CAME UP WITH IT. JAY: DE’ANTHONY BELL ONE OF THE CONFIDENCE. TOM: THIRD DOWN AND 9. DRISKEL PRESSURE COMING AND WRAPPED UP AND DRISKEL IS GOING DOWN. TREY HENDRICKSON WAX THE FIRST ONE THERE. B.J. HILL WAS THERE TO CLEAN IT UP. JAY: THAT’S ONE FOR TREY SIDELINES. HIS BODY LANGUAGE HOW UPSET HE WAS. AFTER A GAIN OF TWO THEY RUN IT AGAIN THIS TIME TO BROWN UP THE MIDDLE. AND BROWN STOOD UP AND WIPED AWAY. MATTHEW ADAMS WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THERE FOR

THE BROWNS. JAY: WHAT JAKE BROWNING HAS DONE IS HE HAS PROVEN THAT HE’S AN FOR JAKE BROWNING AND THIS OFFENSE WHILE HE’S BEEN OUT. ON THIRD DOWN

AND 10, BROWNING, LOOKING MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. THE PASS IS COMPLETE. CHARLIE JONES. CAMERON MITCHELL EVENTUALLY MADE THE TACKLE. THEY’LL SPOT HIM AT THE 24-YARD LINE. IT IS A 36-YARD PASS PLAY. JAMES: AND ALL IT IS IS 999. WITH THE PLAY CLOCK AT THREE THEY GO TO MIXON AND MIXON SPEEDS INTO THE SECONDARY. AND MIXON LOWERED HIS SHOULDER DOWN TO THE 10. RONNIE HICKMAN MAKES THE TACKLE. GOT A

LOT OF THOSE YARDS BACK AND THEN SOME. THE TOSS. — MIXON GETS THE TOSS. GLIDES INTO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, BENGALS. CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN NUMBER 49 FOR JOE MIXON. JAY: TODAY WILL BE A FRUSTRATING DAY FOR JIM SCHWARTZ. BECAUSE THEIR GUESSES HAS PLAYED SO WELL ALL YEAR. AND — DEFENSE HAS PLAYED SO WELL ALL YEAR. AND RESTING ALL THOSE STARTERS AND THE BENGALS OUTSIDE OF TEE LEFT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE. PIERRE STRONG WILL TAKE IT. TRY TO RUN WITH IT. NOTHING IS THERE. STOPPED IN THE BACKFIELD. MIKE HILTON MADE THE TACKLE. BY THE WAY,

TREY HENDRICKSON WAS AWARDED A HALF SACK AND LET’S GOT A BUNCH FORMATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE. MIXON EXPLODES. MIXON COULD GO. HE’S GOT ONE MAN TO BEAT. SLIDES THROUGH THEM. AND STILL ON HIS FEET AND DOWN AT THE 22-YARD LINE. VINCENT GRAY EVENTUALLY TAKES HIM DOWN. IT’S A 45-YARD RUN FOR JOE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE BEATLES, BROWNING LOOKING TO GO, MIXON’S GOT IT AND MIXON BREAKS A TACKLE. HE’S IN THE END ZONE. A LITTLE STROLL IN THE PARK FOR JOE MIXON. IT’S HIS SECOND SCORE OF THE DAY. YOU CAN SEE

THE STRENGTH THAT HE HAS WHEN HE JUST KIND OF SHAKES HIM RIGHT THERE AT THE 2-YARD LINE. AND THEN HE LOOKS BACK ON TRYING TO TACKLE ME? YOU’RE TRYING TO TACKLE ME? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. PLAYING WITH ALL BACKUPS AGAINST ANOTHER TEAM’S STARTERS. TOM: PROCHE IN THE BACKFIELD. OH, OH. DRISKEL IS GOING DOWN. SAM HUBBARD THE OTHER END OF THAT DEFENSIVE LINE. WITH THE SACK. JAMES: THEY’RE TRYING TO PULL OFF A SCREEN HERE. IT’S THIRD DOWN AND 10. KAREEM HUNT IN THE BACKFIELD FOR THE BROWNS. DRISKEL LOOKING TO THROW NEAR SIDE, AND IT’S BROKEN UP.

I THINK PROCHE KNOCKED IT AWAY OF HIS OWN TEAMMATE CEDRIC TILLMAN. TOM: YOU SAW JOE FLACCO THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT HE HAS THAT KIND OF ARM STRENGTH AS WELL. HERE’S CHASE BROWN AND BROWN HABS GOT A FIRST DOWN. HE’S INSIDE CLEVELAND TERRITORY TO THE 47. TONY FIELDS WRAPS HIM UP. IT’S A GAIN OF 17. JAY: JOE MIXON HAS 80 YARDS. IMPORTANT IT WAS TO GET TREVOR LAWRENCE BACK A THROW LIKE THAT IS EX EXACTLY — EXACTLY WHY. TOM: MIXON IS DOWN CLOSE TO THE 10-YARD LINE. HE MAY GET TO NUMBER TWO ALL-TIME IN RUSHING THE

WAY HE’S PLAYING TODAY. THIS IS JOE MIXON. HE’S GOT TWO SCORES ALREADY. TOM: SECOND DOWN FROM THE 3. TYLER BOYD COMING IN MOTION OFF THE PLAY FAKE TO MIXON. BROWNING. WIDE OPEN. TOUCHDOWN, BENGALS. OH, WAIT, DID HE HANG ON? JAY: YEAH, HE HAD IT ON HIS FEET. HE STARTED TO MAKE THE DANCE MOVES. TOM: HE WAS. IOSIVAS WITH HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION. IOSIVAS WITH HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION. YEAH. HICKMAN JARRED IT LOOSE. BUT HE ALREADY HAD THE SCORE. JAMES: BECAUSE THERE’S NO RULE JACKSONVILLE WINS THE A.F.C. SOUTH. JEROME FORWARD FORD IN FOR THE FIRST TIME

FOR THE BROWNS. DRISKEL NEAR SIDE PASS IS COMPLETE. TILLMAN. AND LET’S GO TO FORK FOR THAT SCREEN. HE’S ALREADY GOT A HALF A SACK TODAY. ON THIRD DOWN DRISKEL. HE’S LOOKING LONG FOR PROCHE. AND IT’S DEFLECTED OUT OF BOUNDS. IT HIT TWO DEFENDERS AND PROCHE. MIKE HILTON, CAM TAYLOR — CAM TAYLOR-BRITT WERE ON THE GAME. BOJORQUEZ WE MENTIONED A LITTLE NICKED UP. HE LETS THIS ONE GO. JONES WILL LET IT GO OUT OF HIS HEAD. IT WILL TAKE A BROWNS BOUNCE UP TO THE 3-YARD LINE. PROCHE FELL ON TOP OF IT. CINCINNATI UP 21-0. TEAMS

WITH WINNING RECORDS. FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1930’S THAT’S HAPPENED. JAMES: I REMEMBER THAT. TOM: ON SECOND DOWN, DRISKEL IS HIT. THE BALL IS UP. IT’S INTERCEPTED. LOGAN WILSON WITH THE INTERCEPTION FOR THE BENGALS. THE BALL WAS TIPPED IN THE BACKFIELD. AND WILSON IS STILL ON HIS FEET. BUT HE’S FINALLY TAKEN OUT OF BOUNDS. WYPLER MADE THE TACKLE. AND IT WAS TOUGH WITH THE WIND FOR BOTH KICKERS. TOM: HIGH SNAP. HANDLED. THE KICK IS ON ITS WAY. AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ANNOUNCER’S JINX. 19 FOR 19 INSIDE 50. IT’S 24-0 CINCINNATI. COMING UP

ON “THE VERIZON TOM: STRONG IN MOTION. SECOND DOWN. EVERYBODY IS COVERED UP. DRISKEL TRYING TO USE HIS LEGS. DRISKEL INSIDE BENGALS TERRITORY. GETS DOWN CLOSE TO THE 41. AND A TIME-OUT CALLED BY KEVIN STEFANSKI. MYLES MUPRHY MADE THE TACKLE FOR WANT FROM THAT POSITION. AND HE’S A GUY THAT YOU LOOK AT COLLEGE GUYS AND SAY THAT’S A — THE TYPE OF GUY WE WANT. TOM: BROWNING IN PRESSURE. BROWNING PUMPS. BROWNING’S HIT. AND HE’S WRAPPED UP AND TAKEN DOWN HARD AT THE 9-YARD LINE. ISAIAH MCGUIRE WITH THE SACK. TEAM WITH NEXT YEAR. TOM: BECAUSE THERE’S GOING

TO BE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. HERE’S MIXON. MIXON TRYING TO GET OVER 100 FOR THE DAY. BOUNCES HIS WAY ACROSS THE 25 TO THE 27. HE’S OVER 100. LET’S GO TO NEW YORK FOR ANOTHER UPDATE. JAMES: SAINTS CLEARLY WANT INTO THE POSTSEASON. THEY CAN GET IT WITH A WIN AND WHAT HE’S BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. BROWN BREAKS A TACKLE. BROWN TAKING A PAGE OUT OF MIXON’S BOOK. AND HE SPEEDS INTO CLEVELAND TERRITORY. DE’ANTHONY BELL MAKES THE TACKLE. WE SAW HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR. TOM: 16-22. 124 YARDS FOR BROWNING. FORD IS IN THE BACKFIELD. BROWNING

IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN. BROWNING IS GOING DOWN. HE ALMOST LOST THE FOOTBALL. ALEX WRIGHT WITH HIS FIFTH SACK OF THE YEAR. ISAIAH MCGUIRE WAS THERE, TOO. JAY: NOWHERE TO GO FOR JAKE EACH AND EVERY TIME. TOM: THIRD DOWN AND 18. BROWNING MIDDLOF THE FIELD. OH, HE’S GOT A MAN. TRENT IRWIN WENT HIGH IN THE AIR, WENT THROUGH THE HANDS OF THREE DIFFERENT DEFENDERS. JAY: LAYERED THROW. PLAY CLOCK DOWN TO TWO. BROWNING LOOKING RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME HIS — HITCHES, THROWS TO THE MIDDLE. PASS IS CAUGHT. IOSIVAS, HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION OF THE DAY. JAY: GOOD

JOB BY BROWNING. ROUTE HERE, THE ISO ROUTE BUT HE MOVES THE LINEBACKER TO CREATE THE SPACE TO GET IT INTO HIS RECEIVER. REALLY GOOD JOB HIGH LEVEL QUARTERBACK PLAY BY JAKE BROWNING AND NICE CATCH. JAMES: AND YOU ALWAYS HEAR THE THEY’RE NOT PLAYING ANYBODY. TOM: SECOND DOWN AND 15. THEY HAND IT OFF TO STRONG. AND STRONG GOES UP THE MIDDLE. AND HE MOVES THE PILE. ALL THE WAY TO THE 43-YARD LINE. LOGAN WILSON MADE THE TACKLE. KEVIN — TOLD US HE DID CONSULT CARE ABOUT THAT ONE. AMONG OTHERS. SECOND DOWN. PIERRE STRONG. HAS A FIRST

DOWN. AND STRONG OUT OF BOUNDS WITH SEVEN SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. D.J. TURNER MADE THE TACKLE. JAY IS TALKING ABOUT THE ON SECOND DOWN. DRISKEL LOOKING TO THROW. HE’S IN TROUBLE. DRISKEL IS WRAPPED UP. AND HE IS GOING DOWN. JORDAN BATTLE. LET’S GO TO NEW YORK FOR AN UPDATE. JAMES: TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR JACKSONVILLE. TOM: THIRD DOWN. OH, A.J. MCCARRON JUST GOT SMOKED. DURON HARMON CAME IN TO MAKE THAT TACKLE. JAY: YEAH. HURT AGAINST THE PACKERS THAT SEASON. AND THEY WENT ON TO PLAY FOUR MORE GUYS. TOM: DRISKEL’S

PASS IS COMPLETE TO TILLMAN. AND TILLMAN TOOK A HIT. AND HE IS DOWN ON THE GROUND AND THEY’RE WAVING OVER TO THE SIDELINES. THE BENGALS’ ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF WENT RIGHT AFTER HIM. DEFENSIVE BACKS, TOO. TOM: ABOUT FOURTH DOWN. DRISKEL. HE’S GOING FOR IT ALL AND HE’S GOING FOR THE END ZONE. THE PASS IS CAUGHT! TOUCHDOWN, BROWNS, DAVID BELL, HIS SECOND T.D. OF THE YEAR. 31 YARDS FOR DRISKEL. JAY: YOU GOT SINGLE HIGH LOOK. 31 YARDS FOR DRISKEL. JAY: YOU GOT SINGLE HIGH LOOK. KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO AGAINST SINGLE HIGH OUTSIDE. THE SAFETY HAS TO

COME ALL THE WAY OVER AND BEEN THE STRUGGLE REALLY OF THIS DEFENSE ALL YEAR. SEE DAX HILL TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY. D.J. TURNER GETTING BEAT THERE AS WELL. HE’S BEEN REALLY ATTACKED THE LAST THREE GAMES. 10 CATCHES, 237 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS OVER THE LAST THREE GAMES. AN AREA WHERE THEY NEED TO GET BETTER ON THIS TEAM. BROWNS ARE EXCITED TO GO BACK TO THE POSTSEASON. DRISKEL UNDERNEATH TO FORD. AND FORD BREAKS A TACKLE. AND GETS INSIDE THE 30. HE’S GOT THE FIRST DOWN. JAMES: NOT ONLY DID HE GET A FIRST DOWN, HE STAYED

INBOUNDS. TO KEEP THE CLOCK RUNNING. TOM: A GAIN OF 20 YARDS. TOM: YEAH. JAY: CAME IN WITH 800 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. SAW WHAT HE DID AGAINST THE JETS. TOM: DRISKEL LOOKING TOWARD THE SIDELINES. THE PASS IS CAUGHT. BELL INTO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, BROWNS. PLAYING TO THE END. 24-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS. DEFENSE. THE SAFETY CAN’T GO OVER THERE QUICKLY ENOUGH. THE CORNER IS TRAILING. BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE ANYBODY TO COVER IN THE FLAT. THE BENGALS WILL GO HOME. THE BROWNS WILL GO TO THE POSTSEASON. AND THEY WILL PLAY THE A.F.C. SOUTH CHAMPION NEXT WEEK BEHIND

JOE FLACCO AND THE REST OF THIS CLEVELAND BROWNS TEAM. FLACCO WAS IN UNIFORM TODAY. DID NOT PLAY. MYLES GARRETT WAS INACTIVE TODAY. KEVIN STEFANSKI. ONE OF THE LEADING CANDIDATES FOR COACH OF THE YEAR IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. PIECING THIS TOGETHER WITH