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Browns bounce back with backup

Cleveland Browns
12/04/2006 4:17 PM
The Dayton Daily News reports lose your starting quarterback, fall behind by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and prevail in overtime. Hardly the usual recipe, but the Cleveland Browns happily accepted it Sunday after K Phil Dawson's 33-yard field sailed true, stunning the playoff-hopeful Kansas City Chiefs, 31-28. "I said last week these guys are competitors and they would bounce back," embattled Browns HC Romeo Crennel said. "That's what they did." With backup QB Derek Anderson directing the team in the second half after Charlie Frye injured his right wrist, the Browns not only overcame the Chiefs but rose above a week's worth of turmoil sparked by a 30-0 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. "It shows the kind of football team we have. When we don't get caught up in everything else, we can play," said WR Braylon Edwards, around whom much of the controversy had swirled following his teammate-trashing sideline tantrum during last week's debacle. Read more