‘Thursday Night Football’ Week 9: Bengals blast Browns to remain unbeaten

Manziel didn’t have a bad game for Cleveland, but he didn’t play well enough to lead the Browns to an upset victory over the unbeaten Bengals, who now move to 8-0 on the season. Cleveland still has more questions than answers and fell to 2-7 on the year.

Manziel finished 15-of-33 passing for 168 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. He was sacked three times and only got 38 yards from running back Isaiah Crowell. He rushed for 38 yards himself.

I don’t want to get too far ahead of things, but Johnny Manziel is having himself quite a nice little game against the Bengals on Thursday night.

UPDATE: I got too far ahead of myself. The Bengals didn’t have any problems pinning Manziel in during the second half. He couldn’t get out of the pocket and nothing else about Cleveland’s offense worked much either. They had four consecutive three-and-outs in the second half until they finally got a first down with less than four minutes left. It was bad, the Browns are still terrible.

No idea what this camera did to Vontaze Burfict, but I’m just going to respect his feelings and not say a word.

Like, he really hated that thing. Remind me never to anger Vontaze Burfict.

It’s Week 9 and the Browns have seemingly given up on the 2015 season. Despite offering trades for almost the entire offensive line, their steep asking prices squashed any trades ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. Left tackle Joe Thomas, who has started every game in Cleveland since he was drafted in 2007, was this close to landing in Denver, though.

The Bengals remain undefeated, though last week’s game against the Steelers went down to the wire. Still, Cincinnati currently holds a healthy 3.5-game lead in the AFC North and is on its way to cruising to the division title.

The Cincinnati Bengals are undefeated heading into a Thursday Night Football showdown with the Cleveland Browns. This Ohio rivalry has seen better days, and not many people expect this week’s game to revive its former glory.

The Bengals are 7-0 and look like one of the best teams in the league. Quarterback Andy Dalton has flourished under offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, throwing 15 touchdowns to just four interceptions and averaging 8.6 yards per attempt, third in the league. Dalton did have a few hiccups against the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, but rallied the team to a 16-10 win to keep the streak alive.