The Giants got a big game from star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and used a defensive touchdown to help seal a 27-13 victory over the Browns Sunday.
Beckham had six catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns. He also had a punt return touchdown called back by penalty and was slowed only by that flag and by a thumb injury that briefly forced him out of the game in the first half.
The Giants got breathing room in the fourth quarter when Jason Pierre-Paul was credited with a 43-yard fumble return touchdown. Johnathan Hankins hit Browns quarterback Josh McCown and the ball popped in the air and into Pierre-Paul’s stomach; it also could have been called an interception.
The Giants sacked McCown seven times a week after the Browns surrendered eight sacks vs. the Steelers. Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon now has at least one sack in four straight games for the third time in his career.
The Browns got back to within a score, at 20-13, on a McCown touchdown pass to Corey Coleman on the drive that followed Pierre-Paul’s touchdown, but as has been the story all season the Browns couldn’t get a stop to give themselves a chance. Beckham caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to seal it.
The Giants have won six straight and are 8-3. Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Giants held the Browns to a field goal after their only turnover, a muffed punt by Bobby Rainey late in the first half.
Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor had his third 100-yard game of the season; he caught six passes for 131 yards. But the Browns settled for field goals in the first half and couldn’t get enough stops to keep pace late.
The 0-12 Browns are off next weekend.
