Oakland Raiders at Cleveland Browns NFL Week Three Capsule

By Matt Loede

CLEVELAND – The Browns have beaten the Raiders in three of their last four meetings of the two teams, including last season when the Browns took care of business, 23-13 last October. Check out the week three capsule below for more about the two teams, as well as stats and numbers for Sunday’s battle.

OAKLAND RAIDERS (1-1) AT CLEVELAND BROWNS (1-1)

SERIES

	RAIDERS	BROWNS
SERIES LEADER	11-10
STREAKS		3 of past 4
COACHES VS. OPP.	Jack Del Rio: 2-3	Mike Pettine: 1-0
LAST WEEK	W 37-33 vs. Ravens	W 28-14 vs. Titans
LAST GAME	10/26/14: Raiders 13 at Browns 23. Cleveland QB Brian Hoyer throws for 275 yards & TD. Browns LB Paul Kruger has 3 sacks.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/26/14
REFEREE	Clete Blakeman
BROADCAST	CBS (1:00 PM ET): Carter Blackburn, Chris Simms. SIRIUS: 137 (Oak.), 157 (Cle.). XM: 229 (Cle.).

STATS

PASSING	Carr: 37-58-412-3-1-94.9	McCown: 5-8-49-0-0-79.7 OR Manziel: 21-39-354-3-1-99.7
RUSHING	Murray: 26-109-4.2-1	Crowell: 27-92-3.4-1
RECEIVING	Crabtree: 14-148-10.6-1	Benjamin: 6-204 (3C)-34.0-3 (T2L)
OFFENSE	347.0	297.5
TAKE/GIVE	-1	-1
DEFENSE	444.5	359.0
SACKS	—	A. Bryant: 2.5
INTs	Thorpe: 1	Gipson: 1
PUNTING	King: 47.3	Lee: 55.0 (1C)
KICKING	Janikowski: 14 (5/5 PAT; 3/3 FG)	Coons: 8 (5/5 PAT; 1/1 FG)

NOTES

RAIDERS: Last week, QB DEREK CARR completed 30 of 46 (65.2 pct.) for career-high 351 yards with 3 TDs vs. 1 INT for 100.9 rating. 1st Oak. QB to pass for 350+ yards in win since KERRY COLLINS (12/19/04)…In 5 career starts, RB LATAVIUS MURRAY is averaging 89.6 scrimmage yards/game (291 rush, 157 rec.)…Rookie WR AMARI COOPER (No. 4 overall) had 7 catches for 109 yards (15.6 avg.) & scored 1st career TD (68 yards). WR MICHAEL CRABTREE led team with 9 catches for 111 yards & TD vs. Bal. In only career meeting (10/30/11 w/ SF), had 5 catches for 54 yards & TD. WR SETH ROBERTS scored 1st career TD with :26 remaining vs. Bal…LB MALCOLM SMITH leads team with 19 tackles. CB NEIKO THORPE had 1st career INT last week. S CHARLES WOODSON leads active players with 60 career INTs & needs 2 to tie HOFer DICK LE BEAU (62) & DAVE BROWN (62) for No. 9 all-time…BROWNS: QB JOHNNY MANZIEL earned 1st career win as starter last week, passing for 172 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for career-best 133.9 rating. QB JOSH MC COWN (983) needs 17 completions to reach 1,000 career…In 8 career home games, RB ISAIAH CROWELL has 4.7 rush avg. (84 att., 391 yards) with 4 TDs…Last week, WR TRAVIS BENJAMIN became 2nd player in NFL history with 2 50+ yard TD rec. (60, 50) & 75+ yard PR-TD (78) in same game (TAVON AUSTIN). 1st NFL player with 4 50+ yard TDs through 1st 2 games of season since HOFer JIM BROWN (1963). Has 11 career TDs (8 rec., 3 PR) & averages 48.8 yards per score. WR ANDREW HAWKINS had 7 catches for 88 yards (12.6 avg.) & TD in last meeting. Hawkins (1,886) needs 114 rec. yards to reach 2,000 career…Defense had 7 sacks last week, 2nd-most in NFL. DE ARMONTY BRYANT had career-high 2.5 sacks & FF vs. Ten. Since 2007, CB TRAMON WILLIAMS is only NFL CB with 20+ INTs (28) & 4+ sacks (4.5). Since 2014, S TASHAUN GIPSON has AFC-best 7 INTs.