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The Browns stunned the Bucs. Jacoby Brissett threw a 12-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-and-10 play to tight end David Njoku, who made a superb one-handed catch in the back of the end zone to tie the game with 32 seconds remaining in regulation. Then tailback Nick Chubb won it with a three-yard touchdown run with 19 seconds left in overtime as the Browns beat the Buccaneers, 23-17.

Watson has resumed practicing with the Browns and is eligible to play next his 11-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy based on allegations of sexual misconduct. The Browns went 4-7 with Brissett filling in at quarterback. They’d hoped for better. But Brissett’s stint as the fill-in starter ended on a victorious note.

The Buccaneers, as they returned from their bye, fell to 5-6. The loss telegram database snapped a two-game winning streak. But they’re in the NFC South, remember, and still in first place, thanks in part to some curious late-game play-calling by the Atlanta Falcons in their loss to the Washington Commanders at FedEx Field.

The Falcons forgot the run. They had a first down at the Washington 2-yard line with just more than a minute to play, seeking a go-ahead touchdown and staring at a potential victory that would have, as it turned out, moved them ahead of the Buccaneers atop the NFC South. The Falcons had been running the ball effectively all day. The Commanders were reeling on defense.

But after Marcus Mariota lost two yards on a first-down quarterback keeper, the Falcons inexplicably went to the pass. Mariota threw a tipped-ball interception. The Falcons added to their list of late-game blunders with a running-into-the-punter penalty that sealed the defeat. They dropped to 5-7 in a season in which they have been creative at times in finding ways to lose.