Must See: David Njoku Gets The Browns On the Board Against Bears

After a mostly scoreless first half, Joe Flacco finally led the Browns on a scoring drive just before the half, hooking up with David Njoku for Cleveland's first points of the day

All those extra jugs machine reps at the house finally paid off for David Njoku.

Trailing the Bears 7-0 late in the first half of what had been a sloppy game, the Browns were looking for an answer. They found it, in the form of a 12-play, 84-yard drive that saw Joe Flacco elude the pocket and find Njoku in the back of the end zone with a 50-50 ball that the 250-pound tight end pulled down.

It was a massive momentum swing in Cleveland's favor with just under four minutes remaining in the half.

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As the kids used to say, Njoku "Mossed" Bears safety Jaquan Brisker, managing to get his toes down along the back of the end zone to get the Browns on the board. It was a much needed score and momentum swing for Cleveland's offense, which had struggled to move the ball to that point. 

Prior to that series, the Browns had amassed just 41 yards of total offense, had picked up 1 first down, converted one third down and thrown a costly interception that set up the Bears at the one yardline for their lone touchdown, one drive prior.

Of course, the Njoku score never happens without Flacco's beautiful bomb to Amari Cooper on a key third down on the drive. Similarly, Flacco was flushed from the pocket to his right, kept his head down field and launched a nicely placed throw to Cooper darting toward the sideline. That play seemed to light a fire under the offense, which went on to score seven snaps later.