Listen Live: Cleveland Browns At Cincinnati Bengals [Live Audio] Thursday Night Football
Listen to play-by-play of the Thursday Night Football matchup between AFC North rivals, the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio starting with pre-game at 8:00 PM Thursday night on 105.7 The Fan! (no streaming)
PREVIEW
When: 8:25 PM ET, Thursday, November 5, 2015
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
TV: 8:25 p.m. ET, NFL Network.
RADIO: 8:25 p.m. ET, 105.7 The Fan.
By SportsDirect Inc.
Johnny Manziel could be in line to make his second start of the season when the Cleveland Browns visit the unbeaten Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night in an AFC North matchup. Browns starting quarterback Josh McCown on Tuesday told reporters he was having trouble sleeping and breathing while dealing with a painful rib injury.
"I guess as we move forward we'll see how that goes," McCown said. "I'm going to prepare and do everything that I can, like I've told you the last few weeks, to be ready to play. So that's my mindset." If Manziel does get the call, he'll have to erase the memory of his first career start against the Bengals last December, when he was intercepted twice and threw for 80 yards in a 30-0 drubbing. The Bengals are among four unbeaten teams in the league and are off to the best start in franchise history after rallying for a 16-10 victory at Pittsburgh on Sunday to open a 3 1/2-game lead atop the division. "We're playing for something greater than being 7-0," Cincinnati wide receiver A.J. Green said. "We're trying to win a championship."
ABOUT THE BROWNS (2-6): McCown threw three first-half touchdowns passes last week to spark his team to a 20-7 lead before Cleveland surrendered 27 unanswered points in a 34-20 setback to Arizona to extend its losing streak to three games. The run game has ground to a halt in the past two weeks as Isaiah Crowell was held to 14 yards on 10 carries versus the Cardinals after rushing for only nine yards on eight carries in the previous game versus St. Louis. Tight end Gary Barnidge has hauled in six scoring passes in the last six games while catching at least six passes five times in that span.
ABOUT THE BENGALS (7-0): Dalton had his worst performance of the season last week, throwing multiple interceptions for the first time and posting a QB rating of 64.7, but he regrouped to throw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Green with just under three minutes to play. Green registered a season-high 11 receptions for 118 yards and his first scoring pass in four games to offset a ground game that was held to 78 yards. Vontaze Burfict had five tackles in his season debut and could see a heavy workload with fellow linebacker Rey Maualuga dealing with a calf injury.
EXTRA POINTS
1. Bengals RB Jeremy Hill rushed for 148 yards and two TDs in the last game between the teams.
2. The Browns have the league's second-worst rushing attack with an average of 84.0 yards per game.
3. Cincinnati and Cleveland have split the past four matchups, with each decided by double digits.
LINE: Bengals -11.
O/U: 45.5
PREDICTION: Bengals 27, Browns 17
