For most of the first half of Thursday night's game between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns, it appeared fans would be forced to endure the sort of slog that has come to define these prime-time contests. A choppy Jets team led by No. 3 draft pick Sam Darnold was having its way with a Browns squad that could do nothing offensively.
But when Cleveland quarterback Tyrod Taylor was forced from the game just before halftime with a concussion, everything changed. A yawner became a barnburner. There was a furious comeback by No.