The Cleveland Browns’ defense was a mixed bag against the 49ers. The only drive that was really earned by the 49ers, in my opinion, came in the final seconds of the first half, when Brock Purdy took some risks to get them into field goal range. Besides that, the 49ers’ three touchdown drives began at the Browns’ 16 yard line, 32 yard line, and 18 yard line.

Now, the frustrating part on each of those touchdown drives was that Cleveland had the 49ers in 3rd-and-8, and 3rd-and-1 on the first drive, 3rd-and-2, 3rd-and-8, and 3rd-and-2 on the second drive, and then 3rd-and-5, and 3rd-and-7 on the third drive. The 49ers converted all of them — a perfect 7-of-7 on third down in those situations. Getting a stop and forcing a field goal in windy conditions could have helped keep it a bit of a clos

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