Browns 1st drive (4 plays, 3:02, -2 yards) — The Browns were doing a decent job moving the football, but DE Jacob Martin recorded a big third down sack. WR Andre Roberts muffed the ensuing punt.
Browns 2nd drive (4 plays, 2:02, 35 yards) — Cleveland was able to cash in with a 1-yard FB Andy Janovich touchdown. Browns, 7-0
Texans 1st drive (8 plays, 84 yards, 4:38) — Houston didn’t waver despite the negative momentum to start the game. QB Tyrod Taylor went 6-of-6 for 84 yards and a touchdown. Houston converted on their only third down — a third-and-9 — and RB Phillip Lindsay capped it off with a 22-yard touchdown pass on a screen play. 7-7
Browns 3rd drive (6 plays, 43 yards, 3:05) — WR Donovan Peoples-Jones gets rocked by S Justin Reid and coughs it up with LB Christian Kirksey recovering at the Houston 27-yard line.
Texans 2nd drive — Houston got it out to their own 46-yard line before the end of the quarter.
