Oct 25, 2026 8:37 PM
Quinshon Judkins’ resurgence and KC Concepcion’s explosive breakout fueled a thrilling walk-off victory, vaulting the Browns to 5-2 despite a defensive struggle to contain the elusive Tony Pollard.
The Cleveland Browns just keep finding ways to pull rabbits out of hats and they sis it again on Sunday to take down the Tennessee Titans 27-24, via a walk-off field goal, yet again.
Now they're 5-2 and continued adding to their lead in the AFC North. Here's what we learned after another dramatic win in Week 7.
1) Quinshon Judkins looks like himself again
After six weeks of trying to decipher what exactly is wrong with the Browns' feeble rushing attack, and whether or not Quinshon Judkins was part of the problem, the Browns' running back responded with his best game of the season.
In total Judkins carried the ball 17 times for 96 yards and two touchdowns. He had 55 yards and both scores on 10 carries in the first half alone, including season-high 30-yard run. He looked like himself again: decisive through the holes, explosive getting into the second and third levels of the defense. It was a VERY good sign for the Browns.
2) The vision for KC Concepcion is becoming clearer
There's been plenty of talk about the rookie wideout essentially filling the Zay Flowers role from Todd Monken's offense in Baltimore over the last few years, here in Cleveland. On Sunday, we saw the full effects of what that can look like, with the rookie wideout finding holes underneath the Titans' zone coverage and then using his run-after-catch ability to turn short gains into explosives.
It was his coming-out part, as he racked up 8 catches for 129 yards, much of that coming after the catch, in the first half. Those ended up as his final totals, but he also handled a couple jet sweeps for 23 yards, as well. This offense has some serious juice when it uses Concepcion like this.
3) This offense has explosive play potential
Headlined by Concepcion's big day, the Browns offense went from being a dink-and-dunk high school offense to actually being able to pick up big plays. Concepcion, Harold Fannin Jr. and Dylan Sampson each had at least one reception of 20-plus yards. Concepcion actually had three such plays and nearly another on a jet-sweep that went for 18 yards. Judkins also added one on the ground with that aforementioned, 30-yard rush. The young skill players in this offense
4) Tony Pollard is the Kryptonite of Cleveland's defense
For some reason this Browns defense has no problem bottling up one of the best running backs in NFL history in Derrick Henry (who only rushed for 58 yards last week), but slowing down Tony Pollard is an unsolvable Rubik's Cube.
Pollard went for 129 yards and two touchdowns, on 25 carries, while also catching three passes for 26 yards. He averaged a whopping 5.1 yards per carry in the process. He did something similar to the Browns last year when he rushed for a career-high 161 yards against them last season in Cleveland.
For whatever reason, this Browns defense just struggles to corral Pollard. It's kind of astounding.
5) The defense can't stand on its head every week
It did try, though. A second-quarter goal-line stand proved to be a pivotal moment in this game. Also after the offense gave the ball away twice, it helped even out the turnover battle with an interception and fumble recovery of its own.
Still, Mike Rutenberg's squad yielded 24 points to objectively the worst offense in football entering Sunday. They also gave up 141 rushing yards and over 300 total yards for just the second time this season. This was just one of those days for the defense, but the offense held up its end of the bargain.
6) The Browns CAN keep getting away with this
With so many questions about how sustainable this hot start is for Cleveland, every week they find a way to deliver dramatic victory after dramatic victory. This week was another one for the Andre Szmyt lore as he drilled another walk-off field goal for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, on a day where a loss would had the Browns looking like chum in shark infested waters for critics to declare they were never for real, they leave Nashville with a massive, prove it win.
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