CINCINNATI (AP) — Baker Mayfield overcame a terrible start to throw five touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score with 15 seconds left, and the Browns outdueled the Bengals 37-34 on Sunday.
Nursing sore ribs, Mayfield started 0 for 5, including an interception on his first attempt of the game. He then completed the next 22 of 23 passes. The last was the leaping grab by Donovan Peoples-Jones to win it for the Browns (5-2).
Cincinnati rookie Joe Burrow played another terrific game, hitting 35 of 47 passes for a season-high 406 yards and three touchdowns.
Burrow threw a 3-yard scoring pass to Giovani Bernard on fourth-and-1 to give the Bengals a 34-31 lead with 1:06 left but the defense couldn’t slow down Mayfield.