Watch: Dustin Hopkins Drills Game-Winning Field Goal
Deshaun Watson gave the Browns a chance to win in Baltimore behind an incredible second half effort.
Dustin Hopkins made sure those efforts didn’t go to waste.
Hopkins drilled a game-winning 40-yard field goal to give the Cleveland Browns a 33-31 win over the Ravens, bringing Cleveland to 6-3 and widening the door for a chance to win the AFC North.
The chance to win wouldn’t have been possible without an incredible second half from Watson, who connected on all 14 of his pass attempts in the half for 134 yards and a touchdown. Watson turned things around in a major way after opening the game 1-for-9 in the first quarter, which was his lowest completion percentage in a quarter in his career.
Cleveland still faced long odds to win at the beginning of the fourth quarter when it trailed 31-17 with 11:37 to play. The Browns took over the game, however, and scored 16 unanswered points to steal the win, starting with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Moore, a pick-six from Greg Newsome II and Hopkins’ field goal.
Hopkins’ kick avenged a missed extra-point after Newsome’s score, which prevented the Browns from tying the game.
With the win, the Browns are still in third place in the division but own the same record as the Steelers. Their odds to win the division and overall chance to make the playoffs were also boosted by the Bengals losing to the Texans, which dropped their record to 5-4.
