The improbable outcome was sweet redemption for the rookie kicker, who missed an extra point and a field goal in Week 1 home loss to Cincinnati. Two weeks later, he helped the Browns (1-2) take down the Packers (2-1), a team many consider the league’s most complete and snap an eight-game skid dating back to last season.
What started out as a grinding game between two stellar defensive teams became a nailbiter late as the Browns overcame a 10-0 fourth-quarter deficit with less than four minutes left.
The Browns tied the game thanks to two scores just 37 seconds apart. A Quinshon Judkins 1-yard scoring plunge with 3:01 left in regulation came after Grant Delpit picked off Jordan Love at the Packers 29 and returned it 25 yards.
Judkins, a rookie from Ohio State, ran 18 times for 94 yards. Flacco completed 21-of-36 passes for 142 yards and one interception.
Love threw for 183 yards, one touchdown and one interception on 18-of-25 passing. His 3-yard scoring pass to John FitzPatrick with 3:23 remaining in the third put the Packers ahead 10-0.
Green Bay’s two scoring drives each took more than seven minutes off the clock, and for the first 3 1/2 quarters, it appeared those drives would help the Packers earn a win in their first road game.
The Browns sacked Love five times with six players earning at least a half-sack. Rashan Gary put Flacco down twice for the Packers.
McManus connected on a 39-yard field early in the second quarter for the only points of the first half.
