Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer continued to entrench himself as the starter Sunday by guiding a stirring comeback victory in Carolina.
Hoyer tossed two touchdown passes to fleet wideout Travis Benjamin in the final 6:49 to complete the job. He escaped pressure and scrambled left to find Benjamin from 17 yards out in the middle of the end zone to cut the deficit to 28-22, then hit Benjamin in the back of the end zone with 1:09 remaining to give his team the lead. That score was set up by a 23-yard thread-the-needle pass over the middle to Miles Austin.
Despite tossing his first interception of the season on a bomb that pretty much served as a punt, Hoyer enjoyed his best game of the season. He completed 21 of 37 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns, including a 1-yard dink to tight end Jim Dray that made it 28-10 with 12 seconds left in the half.
Hoyer, who exploded for 194 yards in the second half, will seek to give the Browns a winning record when they host Pittsburgh next Sunday.