The Cleveland Browns are officially sitting in first place in the AFC North right now, rocking a 4-2 record after a massive 13-10 victory over the Ravens this past Sunday. This isn’t the same team we saw early in the season, not by a long shot. They’ve flipped the script completely, and it’s making some serious waves.
From Embarrassment to AFC North Leaders
Remember Week 1? The Browns got absolutely embarrassed by the Jaguars, a performance so bad that former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, channeling his inner JuJu Smith-Schuster, famously declared on NBC, “The Browns is the Browns.” Ouch. But guess what? Since that brutal opener, Cleveland has been on a tear, racking up a 4-1 record, and that monster win against the Ravens was their biggest of the season. That Sunday victory created a three-way tie at the top of the AFC North, with the Browns, Ravens, and Steelers all sitting at 4-2. But because the Browns have already beaten both the Ravens and the Steelers, they’re the ones holding onto that top spot. Talk about a comeback for the ages.
Todd Monken Is Relishing Every Second, As He Should
First-year head coach Todd Monken isn’t just celebrating the win, he’s soaking it all in, knowing exactly how fleeting these moments can be in the NFL. He told reporters after the game that he intends to relish this feeling tonight, “and that’s what you have to do in the NFL.” He gets it. The grind is real, and these victories are precious. Monken laid it all out: “These are the nights that you don’t ever want to end, because tomorrow it’s on to the next game. And so, I sit there, I know it sounds really goofy, but you sit there in bed and you don’t want the night to end. It’s 10:30 and you’re tired as hell and you want to be up another 15, 20, 30 minutes to enjoy it, because, shit, tomorrow I’ve got to look at the offensive tape and then you’ve got to move on to the next game.” That’s the honest truth of the league right there, and it shows you how much this win meant.
Next up, the Browns are heading to Tennessee to play the Titans. They’re hitting the road as favorites, and a win there would push them to a seriously impressive 5-2 record. You gotta wonder if Monken will get an extra 30 minutes to himself after that one, too.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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