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CLEVELAND — With an offense disjointed and disheveled all day, the Bengals failed to capitalize on another sterling effort by their defense and saw their quarterback outplayed by Cleveland's Brian Hoyer in just his third NFL start as the suddenly-mighty Browns came away with a 17-6 win Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium.

It was the first time since the third start of quarterback Andy Dalton's NFL career in 2011 that the Bengals offense or defense didn't score a touchdown. 

The Bengals were looking like they were about to throw off some mega sluggishness early in the fourth quarter when tight end Jermaine Gresham made a leaping 24-yard catch on third-and-13 to put the Bengals at the Cleveland 41, trailing 10-6. But to sum up their offensive misery, the first-down snap slithered through Dalton's hands for a 14-yard loss.

If the Bengals were supposed to be the better team on paper, the Browns were the better team on the field and did what the Bengals are supposed to be doing with their two tight-end offense. Browns tight end Jordan Cameron killed Cincinnati with 10 catches for 91 yards, including a 31-yarder over the middle that set up Cleveland's final score, a one-yard pass to running back Chris Ogbonnaya that made it 17-6 with 4:54 left.