BROWN-OUT FOR HASKINS

QB’s mistakes drop his team below .500 as Cleveland goes over .500 for first time since 2014

CLEVELAND — For the first time in six years, the Cleveland Browns have a winning record. They want to keep it that way. “Wegotta start changing history and our legacies right now,” defensive end Myles Garrett said.

Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for two more, Garrett had a key sack and the Browns moved over .500 for the first time since 2014 with a 34-20 win Sunday over the Washington Football Team, which lost rookie defensive end Chase Young to a groin injury.

Washington, meanwhile, knows that to change its history and legacy beyond scrapping its nickname, it will need to play better than it did in Sunday’s nightmarish fourth quarter.

With their second straight win under first-year coach Kevin Stefanski, the Browns are 2-1 for the first time since 2011. It’s also the first time they’ve had a winning record since Week14 in 2014, when they were 7-6 before dropping their last three and costing Mike Pettine his job. (Pettine, a former Virginia Cavaliers players, is now Green Bay’s defensive coordinator.)

Cleveland had gone 90 consecutive weeks without a winning record. The Browns won just four games from 2015-17.

And while the start is notable, Stefanski downplayed its significance. “We’re just trying to get to 1-0 every week,” he said.

Young, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft, left in the second

quarter with his injury. The former Ohio State All-American had an early pressure on Mayfield, but otherwise had little impact before he went out.

Washington coach Ron Rivera didn’t have a specific update on Young, who will receive more treatment and evaluation today. Young joined his teammates on the sideline in the second half and was animated while cheering them.

Led by Garrett, the Browns’ defense, which spent the week hearing about Young and Washington’s sack-hungry front, inter

cepted Dwayne Haskins three times and forced two fumbles.

Garrett’s strip sack and recovery midway through the fourth effectively sealed Cleveland’s win. He had a similar play last week in a win over Cincinnati.

“That is really what we expect from Myles,” Stefanski said. “I know he expects it of himself. We need him to play great, and when it turns into a pass-rush game, he is built for that.”

Mayfield’s 3-yard TD pass to

JASON MILLER/GETTY IMAGES Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins (7) gives up the ball to Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett during the fourth quarter Sunday in Ohio. The Browns outscored Washington 17-0 in the fourth quarter to register a 34-20 victory. Washington had five turnovers, Cleveland none.