Hillis has 74 yards and 3 TDs. Jake Delhomme is 12 of 18 for 149 yards in first half, but Panthers rally for two field goals. 21-13, Browns.
View full sizePeyton Hillis overpowers Carolina's Sherrod Martin with a well-placed stiff arm during the first quarter Sunday. Hillis has three touchdowns in the first half against the Panthers.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Observations, opinions and some facts on the second quarter:
• On third-and-1 from the 8, Jake Delhomme releases it quickly to Evan Moore in the right slot. Moore is ambushed at the 2 and fumbles. Jason Williams recovers it and brings it out to the 10. That would have been a killer TD.
• Jimmy Clausen looks incapable of moving his team at this point. Another punt.
• Brian Robiskie makes third catch of the game. Delhomme is getting him and Mohamed Massaquoi involved.
• Peyton Hillis is having no trouble getting outside. Then he hammers them inside for a 6-yard TD -- his third of the game. Hillis has 70 yards on 10 carries. 21-7, Browns.
• Hillis only third Browns running back with 11 rushing TDs in a season. The others are Hall of Famers Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. And there's six games left.
• This could get uglier if Clausen can't make some first downs.
• John Kasay, 41, makes 43-yard field goal. He's been Panthers' only kicker since 1995.
• Browns go three-and-out and punt for first time after the two-minute warning. Captain Munnerlyn returns it 32 yards to the Browns' 42. There, Steve Smith gets his first call of the day. He wriggles free from Mike Adams for 18 yards to the Browns' 29. Clausen can't go farther than the 24. Kasay makes another from 42 yards.
• John St. Clair keeps the Browns in control, falling on Delhomme's fumble on an attempted screen. Time to head to the locker rooms.