TAMPA — After only one takeaway in the first two games, the Bucs defense stepped with two in the first half Saturday night, holding the Browns to three points.
CB Vernon Hargreaves, who had an interception at Cincinnati in the preseason opener, got another on a pass deflected by LB Lavonte David in the second quarter.
Cleveland had gone on an 85-yard drive to the Bucs 12-yard line when rookie LB Kendell Beckwith hit Browns RB Duke Johnson and forced a fumble that was recovered by Adarius Glanton, filling in for Kwon Alexander at middle linebacker.