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(AP Photo\/Maria Lysaker)<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland Browns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a monster day on offense to beat the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/13\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Texans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a036-22 on Christmas Eve.<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.pff.com\/?utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=dominate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-507787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature-1024x388.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature-768x291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.pff.com\/2023\/10\/dominatefeature-1536x582.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><br \/><strong>Offensive spotlight: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/joe-flacco\/4332\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Flacco<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/amari-cooper\/9437\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amari Cooper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were virtually unstoppable all game. Flacco threw for 368 yards at 8.8 yards per attempt, and Cooper broke the Browns&#8217; franchise record for receiving yards in a single game, bringing in 11 catches for 265 yards. Cooper was targeted 15 times, six more than any other Browns receiver.<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong>Defensive spotlight: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/derek-stingley\/98253\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Derek Stingley Jr.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2014 somewhat counterintuitively \u2014 put on a solid performance despite Cooper setting records on the other side. Stingley was only responsible for two catches, though one resulted in a touchdown. He also came down with an interception and allowed a passer rating of 60.4 into his coverage.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong>Rookie spotlight: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two rookies who featured most prominently in this game were guard <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/juice-scruggs\/81800\/draft-profile\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juice Scruggs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Texans and receiver <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/cedric-tillman\/84434\/draft-profile\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cedric Tillman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Browns. <\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scruggs allowed just one pressure \u2014 pending grade review \u2014 though his run-blocking was less than perfect. Tillman was targeted twice, catching both of them for 13 yards. 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