On the ensuing possession, Giovani Bernard was thought to have scored on a 4-yard touchdown run. He was ruled down at the 1, and the Browns' defense tightened from there and limited the Bengals to a short field goal, keeping their advantage at double digits heading into the fourth quarter.
A Mayfield interception, though, breathed new life into the Bengals early in the fourth quarter, and they responded with a lengthy scoring drive. Burrow's touchdown pass to Mike Thomas put the Bengals within 5 with 5:55 to play.
Hunt and Chubb closed it out from there, combining for all 75 yards on a six-play drive that ended with a 1-yard Hunt touchdown.
"They know we are running it, we know we are running it and it is just mano a mano football," Stefanski said. "I thought the guys responded."
Cleveland's offense, with a heavy dose of play-action and Mayfield rollouts, came out hot to start the game with back-to-back touchdown drives to take an early 14-3 advantage.
The Browns moved into Bengals territory on their first offensive possession with 26-yard dart from Mayfield to KhaDarel Hodge. Chubb's first touchdown of the season, an 11-yarder in which he barrelled through multiple defenders, capped the 10-play, 75-yard drive and put the Browns ahead, 7-3.
A 13-yard Chubb run set up a beauty of a connection between Mayfield and Odell Beckham Jr. early in the second quarter. The third-year quarterback rolled to his left on a play-action fake and lofted a ball down the left sideline to Beckham, who caught it in stride and fell into the end zone for the 43-yard touchdown.
A 23-yard Burrow touchdown pass to C.J. Uzomah sliced into Cleveland's margin midway through the second quarter, but the Browns came right back with an impressive drive to close the first half with their third touchdown. Mayfield worked through his progressions before locating a wide open Kareem Hunt in the corner of the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown pass.
Mayfield completed 11-of-14 passes for 167 yards, two touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 156 in a first half that ended with the Browns ahead, 21-13.
The Browns are back in action Sunday, Sept. 27, when they host the Washington Football Team at FirstEnergy Stadium.
"I think that is going to build confidence for us," Mayfield said. "Us playing complementary football with the defense, that is the scary part is if we start clicking and keep getting better, it is going to be a fun ride."
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