You know, that's the scary part is if we start clicking and keep getting better, it's going to be a fun ride.

We don't want that to be our legacy, that first game, and we don't want that to be the story told about in 2020 Cleveland Browns.

The other line, you know, I think played very, very well tonight, considering we threw the ball 60 times.

I heard the rave reviews and could tell it's true.

The hype is real with Joe.

Some of the guys we saw Thursday night as the Cleveland Browns emerged victorious.

35 to 30 over the Cincinnati Bengals.

It's Pro Football Talk Live.

Peter King joining me today.

Getting you ready for week two, but looking back at Thursday night's official first Thursday night football game of the year.

Good morning, Peter.

How are you doing?

Good morning, Mike. Everything's going okay. Yourself? All good, and we keep rolling. And it's funny.

Once football season's back, it's like it never left. And that Thursday night game, that first

short week game, that's to me when it's really on because that's when the rhythm is starting to kick

in where it's Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday.

And last night's game, a fun one to watch, a better game than I expected it to be.

And let's spend some time talking about what the Browns were able to do.

And for the most part, they shut up the critics for a week in large part because they didn't do anything for which they could be criticized. Against the Ravens, they fairly could be criticized for abandoning a very effective run game. Peter, let's start there. This run game for the Browns is for real. Forget about all the money you've got invested, No-Dell Beckham Jr. Jarvis Landry and Austin Hooper. When you can run the ball like they did last night with Nick Chubb and

Kareem Hunt, don't throw it if you don't have to. Well, that's right, Mike. I look down at the

end of the night and I said, man, this, have they rushed for 250 yards? And it wasn't quite that, but it was 215.

The one thing about this running game that I think has a chance to be special is that most teams,

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