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Titans-Browns Capsule

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TENNESSEE (1-0) at CLEVELAND (0-1)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE - Browns by 4

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Titans 1-0, Browns 0-1

SERIES RECORD - Titans lead 7-4

LAST MEETING - Browns beat Titans 29-28, Oct. 5, 2014

LAST WEEK - Titans beat Buccaneers 42-14; Browns lost to Jets 31-10

AP PRO32 RANKING - Titans No. 23, Browns No. 30 (tie).

TITANS OFFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (9T), PASS (22).

TITANS DEFENSE - OVERALL (8), RUSH (13), PASS (8).

BROWNS OFFENSE - OVERALL (20), RUSH (14), PASS (16).

BROWNS DEFENSE - OVERALL (16), RUSH (29), PASS (7).

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Coming off impressive Week 1 win, Titans play second straight road game. ... Rookie QB Marcus Mariota threw four touchdown passes in first half in NFL debut. ... Mariota posted perfect 158.3 passer rating, completing 13 of 16 passes for 209 yards, four TDs and no interceptions. ... According to Titans, Mariota is first QB since at least 1933 with perfect rating in first game. ... WR Kendall Wright had 101 yards receiving, including career-long 52-yard TD catch. ... Titans made four sacks, two by OLB Derrick Morgan, against Bucs. ... CB Coty Sensabaugh had 26-yard INT for TD. ... Titans have not been 2-0 since 2008. ... Browns overcame 25-point deficit to shock Titans last season, largest comeback by road team in league history. ... Browns lost record 11th straight season opener with awful showing in New York. ... Browns had five turnovers, committed 12 penalties. ... QB Josh McCown sustained concussion on opening drive and didn't finish. ... QB Johnny Manziel relieved McCown and threw first career TD pass, but had interception and fumbled twice. ... Mariota and Manziel are both Heisman Trophy winners and were recruited at same time by Oregon; Manziel went to Texas A&M. ... Browns won home opener last season over New Orleans. ... WR Travis Benjamin had three catches for career-high 89 yards last week. ... Browns QBs rushed for 58 of team's 104 total vs. Jets. ... S Tashaun Gipson had interception last week and has 12 since 2012, tied for most in league with Seattle's Richard Sherman. ... Fantasy: Mariota was fantasy owner's dream last week, but Titans RB Terrance West could be good pickup this week. He led Browns in rushing last season and will be amped up against team that traded him for seventh-round pick.

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