Andre Szmyt has gone from being nearly run of town to being one of the most popular Browns players in Cleveland.
The rookie kicker booted 55-yard field goal as time expired to give the Browns an improbable 13-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
“It was exciting. It was good to pull through for my teammates,” Szmyt said. “Obviously a couple of weeks back, that’s in the past. It’s good to do it for them.”
Cleveland (1-2) scored all of its points in the final 3:38 to snap an eight-game losing streak dating to last season.
The Browns ended up winning with the type of complementary football that Stefanski has been stressing.
The defense sacked Jordan Love four times before coming up with a crucial turnover.
Cleveland got its first takeaway of the season with 3:18 remaining when Grant Delpit picked off Love’s pass and returned it 25 yards to the Packers 4. It was also the first turnover this year for Green Bay (2-1) and marked the first time in 10 regular-season starts dating to last season that Love had been picked off.
Special teams not only got two field goals from Szmyt, but Shelby Harris blocked a potential game-winning 43-yard field goal attempt from Brandon McManus after Judkins’ TD and Greg Newsome II recovered at the 47. That gave the Browns a shot of not having to go into overtime.
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