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Winless Browns earn first lead since Nov. 10, hold 17-10 halftime edge over Chargers

Do you believe in Christmas Eve miracles?

There's two whole quarters left to play, but the 0-14 Browns earned a 17-10 halftime lead over the San Diego Chargers on Saturday at FirstEnergy Stadium and are at least flirting with winning their first game this season.

The Browns won the coin toss, but coach Hue Jackson made a puzzling decision by deferring and kicking off to the Chargers. San Diego entered the game with an NFL-leading eight game-opening touchdowns and quarterback Philip Rivers had a perfect passer rating (158.3) on game-opening drives.

The decision to let the Chargers have the ball first predictably backfired.