The Cleveland Browns rode a lights out defensive effort to take down Green Bay Packers 13-10, thanks to a last second field goal by Andre Szmyt

What would sports be without redemption stories?

Kicker Andre Szmyt became the main character of one in the Cleveland Browns down-to-the-wire, 13-10 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, nailing a 35-yard field goal as time expired to give Cleveland its first win of the season. 

It was a moment two weeks in the making. 

In Week 1, Szmyt missed two kicks, an extra point and a field goal, in Cleveland's 17-16 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Week long debates over whether or not the Browns needed to bring in competition for the 27-year-old ensued. 

Head coach Kevin Stefanski and company stood by the Syracuse product, though. That faith paid off on Sunday. 

Szmyt's kick may have stolen the show, but there we so many other little moment along the way that set the stage for his moment. The blocked field goal by Shelby Harris that set the Browns offense up at its own 47-yardline to produce the eventual game-winning drive. 

Quinshon Judkins first career touchdown with 3:04 to go in the game that tied the game. The Grant Delpit interception that set up that score and started the snowballing end of game everyone still can't quite wrap their heads around. 

Szmyt's moment also would have been impossible without the 50-plus minutes of total domination from the Browns incredible defense. That unit continues to be the beating heart of this team. 

On top of allowing just 10 points, Cleveland defense held 230 yards of total offense, just 81 of those came on the ground, with the other 149 coming through the air. Through three quarters, Green Bay was averaging just 3.5 yards per play. By the end of the game, that mark had only jumped 3.8 after a couple productive drives for Jordan Love and company.

The Packers offense only crossed the 50 three times in the game. Six different players, including Myles Garrett, Maliek Collins, Carson Schwesinger, Mason Graham, Adin Huntington and Alex Wright all had a hand in the team's six sacks.

And at long last, the Browns defense finally snared its first turnover of the season – as Delpit essentially handed the offense a touchdown by returning the ball to the Green Bay four.

Up until that point, it looked like the defense's efforts would go to waste, again. Just as it had the previous two weeks. 

The football Gods apparently had different plans, delivering one of the most thrilling Browns wins of recent memory. 

This team still has plenty of flaws, particularly on offense. That side of the ball fails weekly at complimenting an other worldly defense. Most weeks, that will prove costly. On Sunday, it didn't. 

It'll feel much better correcting things after a win, though. And for at least 24 hours, that's all that matters.