Browns lose game, Detmer
Associated Press
CHICAGO (Aug. 12, 200) — Jaret Holmes made two long field goals and Eddie Kennison caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Cade McNown as the Chicago Bears beat the Cleveland Browns 19-6 on Saturday night.
Paul Edinger, battling Holmes for the Bears' kicking job, also kicked two field goals, and Chicago intercepted Tim Couch three times in the first half.
Ty Detmer, who played so well in the Browns' opening preseason win over the Eagles, was lost for the season after rupturing his right Achilles' tendon on the third scrimmage play of the second half as he was scrambling to avoid a sack.
"We've been chewed up pretty good. We'll look at the emergency list of quarterbacks," Browns coach Chris Palmer said.
"Ty is a true professional. It's not like someone in the offensive line broke down. It looked like he was just trying to run and change direction. ... We'll miss him, his leadership."
Detmer, 32, was entering his ninth season. He'd completed 12-of-14 passes against the Eagles last week.
"It hurts anytime you lose a guy with nine years experience," Couch said.
The Browns also lost backup offensive lineman Jeremy McKinney, who tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when he bumped into a teammate and collapsed.
Holmes, who was the Bears' kicker in the season finale a year ago, hit from 54 yards on the final play of the first half to give Chicago a 13-6 lead. He also made a 48-yarder.
Holmes and Edinger, a sixth-round draft choice, are each 3-for-3 in the preseason. The Bears led the NFL with 15 missed field goals last season and earlier brought veterans Jeff Jaeger and Michael Husted to their training camp.
Kennison, getting more playing time with injuries hitting the Bears receiving corps, redeemed for an earlier punt fumble that set up Phil Dawson's 20-yard field goal and gave the Browns a 3-0 lead.
After McNown faked a handoff and froze the Browns' defense, Kennison got behind the secondary and made a nice over-the-shoulder catch for the 41-yard touchdown that made it 7-3.
The Bears had tried the same play on their first attempt from scrimmage but McNown overthrew Kennison.
Walt Harris' interception of Couch set up Edinger's 34-yard field goal for a 10-3 Chicago lead in the final seconds of the first quarter.
The Browns reached Chicago's 8 with a first down early in the second quarter, thanks to a 17-yard Couch-to-Aaron Shea pass. But Errict Recht netted a yard on three straight carries and Cleveland settled for a 25-yard field goal from Dawson.
Tony Parrish and Shaw Wooden had second-quarter interceptions of Couch to end Browns' drives.
McNown played all but the final two series of the first half, completing 7-of-12 for 106 yards, before being replaced by Shane Matthews, who hit 11-of-17 for 100. Couch was 11-for-19 for 81 yards.
Bears running back Curtis Enis, who managed only 8 yards on five carries in a win over the Giants last week, gained 37 yards on 10 carries, at one juncture left the field waving his arms in anger. |
