CLEVELAND -- After the promising finish to last year and the blockbuster acquisition of Odell Beckham Jr. in the offseason, these Cleveland Browns were finally supposed to be different. Instead, the underdog Tennessee Titans routed them 43-13 Sunday, turning Cleveland's most anticipated opener in decades into a debacle, as Browns fans began filing out of FirstEnergy Stadium early in the fourth quarter.
Playing behind a makeshift offensive line, quarterback Baker Mayfield was under duress all afternoon. The Titans sacked him five times, and forced him into three interceptions, including a pick-six exclamation point via Tennessee's Malcolm Butler late in the game.