CLEVELAND _ In front of one of his NFL mentors Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton staged a clinic for Browns head coach Hue Jackson in Sunday’s first half when he hit 17 of 18 passes that included the last 14 straight to stake Cincinnati to a 21-0 half-time lead.
The last throw came on a perfectly called screen pass in the second game of offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s tenure when Dalton flipped a three-yard screen pass to running back Giovani Bernard right where the Browns had called a blitz. No one put a finger on Bernard as he split the Browns defense and logged the longest catch of his career by outrunning everyone, including right guard T.