GREEN BAY, Wis. - They lived up to Reggie White's legacy on the day his number was retired, playing with passion, poise and precision.
Not the Packers, the Browns.
Trent Dilfer won for the first time in nine trips to Lambeau Field, guiding Cleveland over mistake-prone Green Bay for new coach Romeo Crennel's first win. Dilfer threw an 80-yard touchdown to Braylon Edwards and a game-icing 62-yarder to Steve Heiden with 1:50 left.
Dilfer, an ex-Buc, passed for 336 yards, the second-most of his career. He counted himself a friend of White, the "Minister of Defense," who died unexpectedly last year at 43.
"I guarantee you, he and my son were watching the game together," said Dilfer, who lost his 5-year-old son, Trevin, to a rare infection in 2003.
His performance overshadowed Packers quarterback Brett Favre, who joined Dan Marino and John Elway as the only NFL quarterbacks with 50,000 career passing yards.
NOTABLE: The Packers came out of the locker room early to watch White's No.92 unveiled alongside the retired numbers of Don Hutson (14), Tony Canadeo (3), Bart Starr (15) and Ray Nitschke (66). White's widow, Sara, spoke to the crowd, and his 17-year-old daughter, Jecolia, sang the national anthem.
