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HOUSTON -- Cleveland Browns defenders, who all year had embraced coordinator Jim Schwartz's mantra of playing with "effort, swag and badassery," sat mostly silent in the visitors locker room.
The Browns' No. 1 ranked defense had just played its worst game of the year in its biggest game of the year.
Cleveland's vaunted pass rush, headlined by Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner Myles Garrett, produced one quarterback hurry and zero sacks against Houston Texans rookie passer C.J. Stroud. Cleveland's spectacular secondary turned Houston receivers loose for big plays reminiscent of the breakdowns that plagued the unit last season.