The timing couldn't have been better.
Safety Grant Delpit's interception late in the fourth quarter of the Browns' 13-10 win over the Green Bay Packers obviously was perfectly timed at the micro level. Cleveland desperately needed to get the ball back in the moment with 3:08 remaining and down seven points.
The impact in the macro was so much larger. That Delpit pick was a quarter of the Browns ' total interception output in 2024, which was a league-worst four. Buy Cleveland Browns tickets
"Oh, it's amazing," cornerback Greg Newsome II said on a Zoom call the day after the win. "And, like I said, they come in bunches so you just got to try to get that first one. Grant got that first one for us, and I think they'll start coming in bunches. I think the football gods are on our side r