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WR KC Concepcion Jr. scores first career touchdown against the Saints | By the Numbers

LB Carson Schwesinger recorded a career-high 15 tackles and two sacks

Week9BytheNumbers

In a dramatic overtime finish, the Browns fell to the Saints 23-22 in Week 9 to move to 5-4 this season. With the loss, Cleveland has now dropped its last two games. 

After both teams didn't find the end zone for the first three quarters of the game, they combined for four touchdowns in the fourth quarter and overtime. Cleveland opted to attempt the 2-point conversion after matching New Orleans' overtime touchdown, but WR Denzel Boston couldn't bring in pass in the end zone while T Tytus Howard Twas called for a holding penalty to end the game. 

Here are 10 key numbers from the Browns' Week 9 overtime loss to the Saints.

1 – WR KC Concepcion Jr. found the end zone for the first time of his career on a 64-yard reception over midway the fourth quarter. The catch was the Browns' first touchdown of the game, while Concepcion finished with four receptions for 85 yards. 

2 – Cleveland recovered two fumbles, including one on defense and the other on special teams. In the second quarter, LB Carson Schwesinger forced a fumble when WR Jordyn Tyson lunged near the goal line and CB Tyson Campbell came up with the recovery. DT Adin Huntington recorded his first career forced fumble as he jarred the ball loose from Saints' WR/RS Barion Brown on a punt return in the second quarter. S Donovan McMillon recovered the fumble to set the Browns up with starting field position at New Orleans' 19-yard line. 

5 – The Browns' defense tallied five sacks, with two players bringing down QB Tyler Shough multiple times. CB Myles Harden recorded the first two sacks of his career while Schwesinger finished the game with two, marking a career high. DT Mike Hall Jr. added to Cleveland's total with one sack of his own.

7 – On defense, the Browns' notched seven tackles for loss. Schwesinger and Harden each had two while S Grant Delpit, S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren and Hall all tallied one. 

15 –Schwesinger recorded a career-high 15 total tackles, including 10 solo and five assisted. Schwesinger was all over the field for the Browns' defense, adding two sacks, two quarterback hits, two tackles for loss and one forced fumble to his performance. 

51 – K Andre Szmyt connected on a 51-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime. Szmyt made each of his three field goal attempts and his one point-after attempt. 

160 – Cleveland allowed 160 rushing yards to the Saints on 32 attempts. New Orleans RB Audric Estime finished the game with a season-high 72 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown while Shough also had a season-high 51 yards on the ground.

98 – Boston recorded a career-high 98 receiving yards on six receptions. In the third quarter, Boston made an acrobatic catch over CB Kool-Aid McKinstry for a 60-yard gain to set up a Browns field goal. 

297 – Sanders completed 19 of 31 passes for 297 yards to go along with two touchdowns. In his first start of the season, which came after QB Deshaun Watson was ruled inactive after clearing the concussion protocol, Sanders found TE Harold Fannin Jr. for a 39-yard touchdown pass late in overtime. He also moved the Browns into field goal range with under a minute remaining to force overtime. 

396 – The Browns allowed a season-high 396 total net yards in the loss. On their go-ahead overtime touchdown, the Saints marched 74 net yards on 11 plays, capping off the possession with a 15-yard touchdown reception from TE Juwan Johnson.

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