Overview
- The Week 2 game was stopped late in the fourth quarter with about two minutes remaining and Cleveland leading 23-19, according to multiple reports on Sunday.
- Cleveland took the lead after Deshaun Watson hit Denzel Boston for a 55-yard touchdown and later found Blake Whiteheart for a 17-yard score.
- NFL policy requires play to be halted if lightning is detected within 10 miles and a full 30-minute clock starts only after the last recorded strike; any new strike restarts that countdown.
- The National Weather Service issued a special statement for the Tampa area warning of winds up to 50 mph and pea-sized hail, and players and many fans were cleared from the field and stands as a precaution.
- There is no announced restart time, and the game will resume only after the weather and the league’s lightning clock allow it; the commissioner could reschedule or end the contest but that is unlikely with the score so close.