The New Orleans Saints claimed their first home win of the 2026 season with a dramatic 23-22 overtime victory over the Cleveland Browns at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday.

Quarterback Tyler Shough floated a 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Juwan Johnson with 4:17 left in overtime to give New Orleans the lead. The Saints had won the overtime coin toss and marched 74 yards in 11 plays, converting three third downs on the drive.

Cleveland answered immediately. Backup quarterback Shedeur Sanders found tight end Harold Fannin Jr. for a 39-yard catch-and-run touchdown with a minute left in overtime, pulling the Browns within a point at 23-22. Head coach Todd Monken chose to go for the win rather than the tie, but Sanders, under heavy pressure, threw incomplete on the two-point conversion attempt and the Saints held on.

The game had been tied 6-6 midway through the fourth quarter before erupting late. Audric Estime, claimed off waivers from Cleveland only five days earlier, scored on a two-yard run, and the Browns levelled it with a 51-yard Andre Szmyt field goal in the final minute of regulation to force overtime.

Shough finished 21 of 35 for 265 yards with no interceptions, while Estime ran for 72 yards on 15 carries. The win improved New Orleans to 3-5 and was the club's first overtime victory since a 26-23 win at Chicago on 1 November 2020. Cleveland fell to 5-4 after a second straight defeat.