CLEVELAND (AP) — Andre Szmyt has gone from being nearly run of town to being one of the most popular Browns players in Cleveland.
The rookie kicker booted 55-yard field goal as time expired to give the Browns an improbable 13-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
“It was exciting. It was good to pull through for my teammates,” Szmyt said. “Obviously a couple of weeks back, that’s in the past. It’s good to do it for them.”
Cleveland (1-2) scored all of its points in the final 3:38 to snap an eight-game losing streak dating to last season.
According to Sportradar, it's the first time in franchise history the Browns have won a game in which they had scored no points and trailed by at least 10 with four minutes remaining.
The last time it happened in the NFL was when Denver ral