Browns defense knocks off winless Raiders

It wasn't pretty, but the took care of busine s at home and moved to 4-3 on the year with Sunday's over the at FirstEnergy Stadium. Here's what you need to know:The avoided becoming the first team in NFL history to drop back-to-back games to winle s teams this late in the season. Cleveland's offense was punchle s for long stretches, but the couldn't take advantage of it. The defense played its best game of the year -- -- but the offense remains a concern. This isn't the same attack that battered teams on the Roger Clemens Jersey ground to climb to 3-2, but beating a bad team at home is part of the learning proce s for and Co. overcame a slow start to complete 19 of 28 pa ses for 275 yards Bill Lee Jersey and . He continues to gain chunk yardage off play-action looks, but those looks won't be there against better defenses if the running game continues to spiral. Hoyer did enough to keep in a ski cap on the bench, but he still throws far too many off-target pa ses. At least three -- maybe four -- of his lobs should have been picked off. That said, Hoyer is doing more for the than any quarterback since the team's return in 1999.Win or lose, I'm impre sed with . He can make all the throws and seems to thrive under pre sure. He hit 34 of 54 pa ses to nine different targets for 328 yards and . He was at his best leading the on a two-minute drive for a field goal to close the first half. It wasn't a perfect outing, but Carr doesn't kill Oakland with turnovers. There were plays where a le s-polished rookie might Jim Rice Jersey have to sed the ball into coverage, but Carr wisely threw it away. The have cycled through a league-leading 21 quarterbacks since 1998 -- Dustin Pedroia Jersey the are next with 20 -- but Oakland's search might be over.There's an aura of doom surrounding Cleveland's ground attack since losing . The inserted practice-squad blocker into Mack's vacated center spot on Sunday, but it made little difference against the league's worst run defense. The blew up plays in the backfield and won the trench war to hold Cleveland to 39 yards at 1.6 yards per tote. Giving promising rookie just one carry all day is baffling. emerged from the wilderne s to fling an interception to safety on a would-be fake punt in the first quarter. To be fair, Schaub was forced to field a botched snap, but it's not a good look for the veteran quarterback once put on par with and in the AFC West.That Gipson pick marked his fifth on the year and third in two weeks. It's concerning Xander Bogaerts Jersey for the , though, that Cleveland has turned those interceptions into , which includes Gipson's pick six against the . was lost to a concu sion after taking a vicious helmet-to-helmet shot from safety on a leaping 21-yard catch in the second quarter. The also lost cornerback to a neck injury.The "Around The NFL Podcast" is now available on iTunes! to listen and subscribe.