Bengals take care of business, rock reeling Browns 37-3

Last year’s dominant numbers couldn’t have been a fluke, and it looks like Hill’s bounce-back will come quicker than Doug Martin’s bounce-back to rookie form, which took a few years.

Not for these Cincinnati Bengals.

The Browns (2-10) were throttled 37-3 on Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals.

“I think we are better than what we showed, but at the end of the day, you’re only as good as the final score”, said Davis, who played in 11 games with St. Louis in 2014. If all goes well, he will then start the rest of the season, in games against the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers.

The team will again turn to the second-year quarterback to take the reins as its starter in a Week 14 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday, via a source informed of the decision.

“At this point, I’m not prepared to name a starting quarterback for Sunday yet”, Pettine said at his Monday press conference.

“Once we get down so much we’re not able to fight back”, Browns linebacker Paul Kruger said. He completed 25-of-38 passes for 230 yards with an interception and finished with a rating of 71.2. He was sacked three times, harassed all game long and lost a lateral in the fourth quarter that running back Isaiah Crowell watched roll on the ground as the Bengals recovered.

Austin Davis started against the Bengals after Josh McCown suffered a broken collarbone in the previous game.

The Browns season is a bit of a lost cause and still, Johnny Manziel did not get the start as part of his punishment for being filmed partying. Frankly, there’s a lot of football left to be played.

In 10 games, eight of which were starts, Davis completed 180 of his 284 pass attempts (63.4 percent) for 2,001 yards and 12 touchdowns against nine interceptions.

Six plays later, the Bengals settled for Mike Nugent’s 44-yard field goal and a 17-0 lead with 6:24 remaining in the first half. Davis did not have a great game, but with so many problems within the Browns organization, including the multiple injuries at the wide receiver position, Davis can not be at fault for their blow out loss yesterday. “We are going to coach our players hard and we will see what happens”.