The Browns' twogame winning streak that came against the Saints and Patriots has illustrated the wildness to this NFL season. With Week 9 nearly complete, almost 85% of the league still has a realistic hope of reaching the playoffs. Of the teams that have played eight games, (excluding the Bengals, who host Pittsburgh on Monday) only five are three or more games out of first place: the 17 Cowboys, the 17 Panthers, the 26 Lions, the 26 Broncos and the 08 Bills.Frank Gore and Anthony Dixon each added 2yard touchdown runs in the fourth quarter for the No. 2 seed NFC West champions, slim favorites on their home field in a rematch of Week 1. They added to their memorable night by setting a franchise postseason record for yards rushing, 119 of those by Gore to complement Kaepernick..

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