Saints edge Browns 23-22 in overtime at the Superdome

Player of the game

Carson Schwesinger 15 TKL, 2 SACKS, 1 FF

8.7

The Saints beat the Browns 23-22 in overtime. Cleveland scored on Shedeur Sanders' 39-yard touchdown pass to Harold Fannin Jr. with 1:00 left in the extra period, but the two-point pass failed. That left New Orleans one point ahead, and the Saints (3-5) held on. The Browns fell to 5-4.

Charlie Smyth kicked a 30-yard field goal to open the scoring for New Orleans. Andre Szmyt answered from 41 yards to tie it 3-3, then hit from 30 to make it 6-3. Smyth tied it 6-6 from 27 yards. He put the Saints up 9-6 with a 48-yarder. Sanders then threw a 64-yard touchdown to KC Concepcion to make it 13-9 Cleveland. Audric Estime scored from 2 yards out to put the Saints up 16-13. Szmyt tied it 16-16 with a 51-yard kick with eight seconds left.

In overtime, Tyler Shough hit Juwan Johnson from 15 yards to make it 23-16.

Carson Schwesinger was the player of the game for Cleveland with 15 tackles, 2 sacks and a forced fumble. Sanders threw for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns. Chirp's Sim favored the Saints at 54%.

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