🏈 Thanks To Defense, These Browns Are Different

Cleveland's win over the 49ers was a win that can ignite a team, and the Browns earned it. ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     [FOX Sports Insider Newsletter] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: The Cleveland Browns have been underrated and with a tough defense they could be seriously dangerous … Which teams have stock on the rise after an upset-filled Week 6? … and more! Wow, Cleveland Browns. I take it all back. Just weeks after the skeptics (yes, myself included), lined up to suggest the likelihood of a gloomy campaign for Cleveland, amid a shaky summer and doubts over Deshaun Watson, here sit the Browns — sassy, swaggering and severely dangerous on defense. Sunday's victory over the San Francisco 49ers was the kind of win that can ignite a season and it was just as deserved as it was unexpected. Kevin Stefanski's team has proved a point to itself — and perhaps an even bigger one to the doubters. "We're not perfect, we know that," Stefanski said. "But we fought like crazy." No team in the AFC North is perfect, which is part of why Cleveland can feel pretty good about itself at 3-2 and firmly in the divisional mix. Up until the moment when rookie kicker Jake Moody's late effort went wide, the 49ers had been perfect in 15 consecutive regular season games, part of the reason why this was such a statement performance. "They tie their shoes just like us," Cleveland backup QB P.J. Walker told reporters. "We're not going to bow down to anybody." In late August, the Browns would have snapped your hand off if offered a situation such as the contending, optimistic, 3-2 spot they find themselves in. Back then, the concerns were real. Watson, lavished with a $230 million fully guaranteed contract, was unconvincing during the preseason and had been desperately poor in his brief appearances at the end of last year. The defense had some promise but wasn't thought likely to be dominant — not like they have been, highlighted by the weekend showing that cut off the 49ers' streak of 30-point games at eight and gave QB Brock Purdy the kind of headaches that he's never had to get used to as a pro. 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