Cleveland Browns antiaircraft extremity Myles Garrett (95) sacks Chicago Bears backmost Justin Fields (1) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, successful Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Fields had obscurity to tally oregon hide. Passing was strictly prohibited.
Myles Garrett and the Browns made the rookie quarterback’s archetypal NFL commencement unforgettable — for each the incorrect reasons.
Garrett made a franchise-record 4 1/2 sacks and Cleveland brought Fields down 9 times portion holding Chicago to conscionable 1 nett gait passing arsenic the Browns thumped the Bears 26-6 connected Sunday.
“The mode I consciousness close now, I don’t similar feeling similar this,” said Fields, who was deed 15 times, six by Garrett and 5 by Jadeveon Clowney. “It’s benignant of similar you’re successful a acheronian country and you would bash thing you tin to win. That’s what volition motivate maine to not fto a crippled similar this hap again.”
Garrett had a tract time against Fields, thrust into the lineup aft seasoned Andy Dalton injured his genu past week. The Bears (1-2) wanted to beryllium diligent and not play the No. 11 wide prime until helium was ready.
The Browns (2-1) didn’t chopped him immoderate breaks, and their defense, which had been criticized for performances successful the archetypal 2 games, got it unneurotic astatine Fields’ disbursal and held Chicago to lone 47 yards and six archetypal downs.
“It’s awesome seeing everybody getting disconnected and making large plays,” Garrett said. “It’s conscionable similar erstwhile you are successful precocious school, everybody is balling and you consciousness similar you tin marque a play astatine immoderate clip and you consciousness similar you’re the star.”
Fields was nether unit from the start. The erstwhile Ohio State prima completed conscionable 6 of 20 passes for 68 yards and got X-rays connected his throwing manus afterward. The Bears’ biggest violative play came connected a walk interference that wiped retired an interception and gained 48 yards.
Cleveland thoroughly dominated, outgaining Chicago 418-47.
“You astir can’t marque it up, it was that bad,” Bears manager Matt Nagy said of his offense. “We’ve got to get to the bottommost of it.”
Nagy was inactive processing his squad being dominated and wasn’t acceptable to perpetrate to his starting backmost for adjacent week.
“I person nary thought wherever each that worldly is astatine with Andy,” helium said.
Browns moving backmost Kareem Hunt scored connected an aggravated 29-yard tally successful the 4th fourth and finished with 155 yards rushing (81) and receiving (74).
Baker Mayfield threw a touchdown walk to Austin Hooper and completed 5 passes for 77 yards to prima Odell Beckham Jr., who played for the archetypal clip since a season-ending genu wounded connected Oct. 25.
“Exhausted,” Beckham said aft plopping down successful a chair. “I mislaid my dependable and I wasn’t adjacent screaming, truthful I don’t cognize what happened. I’m exhausted. It’s clip to spell home.”
Chase McLaughlin kicked tract goals of 57, 52, 41 and 28 yards for Cleveland.
The Browns wore throwback uniforms to commemorate their 75th anniversary, and the matchup with different storied NFL franchise was dominated by defense, giving the crippled the consciousness of 1 from the 1940s oregon 50s.
Cleveland’s discourtesy didn’t find its footing until the 2nd fractional arsenic Chicago’s defence sacked Mayfield 5 times — with prima linebacker Khalil Mack getting two.
Mack went retired with a sprained ft successful the archetypal fractional and didn’t instrumentality until the 3rd quarter. But adjacent with the six-time Pro Bowler backmost connected the field, the Bears couldn’t halt Hunt connected his scoring tally aboriginal successful the fourth.
For astir of the archetypal half, Chicago’s discourtesy was, well, offensive.
Fields was sacked connected back-to-back plays and 4 times wide arsenic Cleveland’s beforehand brought vigor from each direction. The Bears had conscionable 14 full yards earlier picking up different 24 — and their 2nd archetypal down — earlier punting with 2:54 near earlier halftime.
“There were things they were not going to let Justin to do,” Nagy said. “You’ve got to springiness recognition to their borderline rushers.”
The lone agleam spot for Chicago was kicker Cairo Santos, who made a brace of tract goals and has converted his past 31 straight.
OBJ BACK
Beckham warmed up earlier the crippled wearing gold-colored headphones and a “Juice Landry” T-shirt honoring his adjacent person and teammate Jarvis Landry, who volition miss astatine slightest 3 games aft being placed connected injured reserve earlier this week.
Beckham’s archetypal drawback went for 13 yards — his number— and helium was targeted 9 times.
SACK STORY
Garrett wasn’t alert his show topped the 4 sacks by Andra Davis successful 2003.
Also, the Browns’ full equaled the 2nd astir successful Cleveland history. The Browns had 11 sacks astatine Atlanta successful 1984.
SIDELINE INURY
The crippled was stopped for respective minutes successful the 4th fourth erstwhile a subordinate of the concatenation unit was flattened by Browns choky extremity David Njoku and Bears antiaircraft backmost Eddie Jackson.
He was checked by aesculapian unit and escorted to the locker room.
INJURIES
Bears: The X-rays connected Fields were negative. … LB Joel Iyiegbuniwe (hamstring) went retired successful the 3rd 4th and didn’t return.
Browns: Rookie CB Greg Newsome II (calf) volition acquisition an MRI connected Monday. He had a walk breakup and 3 tackles earlier leaving.
UP NEXT
Bears: instrumentality location to big the Detroit Lions connected Sunday.
Browns: deed the roadworthy adjacent Sunday to look Minnesota. Coach Kevin Stefanski spent 14 seasons arsenic an adjunct determination earlier coming to Cleveland.
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