Bengals beat Browns 21-14 in first road win against Cleveland since 2017

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cincinnati Bengals have won their second straight game, beating the Cleveland Browns 21-14 on the road.

Joe Burrow officially has a win under his belt against the Browns in Huntington Bank Field.

The Cincinnati quarterback threw 15-for-25, 181 yards and two touchdowns Sunday.

Burrow connected with both of his top receivers. For his first passing touchdown of the day, Burrow hit Ja'Marr Chase with an 18-yard touchdown pass.

Burrow then threw a short pass to Tee Higgins, who ran 25 yards into the end zone for the Bengals' third touchdown of the day.

Cincinnati started the game off with an explosive kickoff return touchdown from Charlie Jones, who dodged several tackles and ran 100 yards before leaping into the end zone.

While Jones' touchdown gave some immediate life to the Bengals offense, it was stifled for the rest of the first half by Cleveland's defense. Throughout the majority of the first half, Cincinnati and Cleveland went back and forth with their respective punt units.

Nick Chubb saw the end zone for the first time in over 365 days when he ran in a 1-yard touchdown. Chubb was back on the field for the Browns for the first time since his gruesome knee injury last season.

Chubb's touchdown came almost directly after Cleveland's starting quarterback Deshaun Watson was carted off the field with tears in his eyes. Watson went down on what seemed like a non-contact injury to his right ankle. The Browns officially ruled him out for the remainder of the game with an Achilles injury.

Cincinnati's defense, specifically Trey Hendrickson, kept constant pressure on Watson, and they kept that energy with Browns backup quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and then third-string quarterback Jameis Winston. Sam Hubbard got his first career interception when he tipped a pass from DTR into the air and caught it.

Safety Geno Stone also picked off DTR in the fourth quarter. DTR passed deep for receiver Elijah Moore, but Stone intercepted the pass and returned it for 49 yards.

Shortly after Stone's interception, he was carted off the field with a left tibia injury. The injury happened after Stone collided in the air with Bengals safety Vonn Bell, who was also momentarily down after the play.

Despite the win, the Bengals offense struggled on third-down conversions, the run game was stifled by Cleveland's defense and Burrow was also sacked several times.

The offensive line also dealt with the loss of Orlando Brown Jr., who left the game with a right knee injury in the second quarter. After halftime, the Bengals downgraded Brown to doubtful.

After the win, Burrow said "it feels good" to finally win in Cleveland after previously going 0-3 against the team on the road.

He also said they didn't offensively perform well, especially in the first half of the game, but they "got it done."

"I thought our defense gave us our chance," coach Zac Taylor said after the game.

The Bengals host the Philadelphia Eagles next Sunday at Paycor Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.