Right now there are at least 6 AFC teams that have a 6-3 record, including the Browns division rival, BAL. And at some point, "Points Scored For" becomes important in determining playoffs seeding.
And the idea that HOU was going to score a TD and a FG in 70 seconds is laughable. In their first seven possessions of that game they scored zero points, and averaged a little over 20 yards per possession. Even in their eighth and last possession they took nearly 3 minutes to score, even knowing they needed to score as quickly as possible, because they still needed to get another score.
HOU wasn't going to suddenly score twice in 70 seconds.
And CLE needed those points.
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