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Baker Mayfield leads Browns to first win since 2016 in NFL debut

CLEVELAND -- Thursday night football turned into a Baker's Special for the Cleveland Browns.

Rookie Baker Mayfield entered for his debut late in the second quarter and brought the Browns back from a 14-0 deficit to prevail 21-17, snapping a 19-game winless streak dating back to Dec. 24, 2016 -- a span of 635 days.

The top pick in this year's draft, Mayfield went 17 for 23 for 201 yards passing and remarkably caught the two-point conversion that tied the game at 14 with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.

Mayfield entered the game late in the first half after Tyrod Taylor left the game with a concussion and the Jets ahead by two touchdowns.