A quarterback for the Browns is indeed one of the NFL’s biggest stories through the first five weeks of the season, but his name isn’t Johnny Manziel.

Thanks to Brian Hoyer, Johnny Football is still Johnny Bench.

Hoyer came through late in a big way yet again Sunday in Nashville, and the result was the biggest second-half road comeback in NFL history — a 29-28 victory over the Titans that kept surprising Cleveland in the thick of the AFC North race.

The Browns are 2-2 after shutting out Tennessee in the second half while Hoyer went to work. His two late TD passes to third-year receiver Travis Benjamin capped a 19-point outburst over the final two quarters that put the Browns over the top.

It was the third second-half comeback orchestrated by Hoyer in just the first four games. He also led a 24-point rally to tie the score on opening day in Pittsburgh before the Browns faltered at the gun, then mounted a game-winning comeback the following week against the Saints.

It already looks like time to give Hoyer his due. Not even his own management and coaching staff believed in the former Tom Brady backup, considering they took over and promptly used a first-round pick on Manziel, then left open the starting job for the first three weeks of the preseason.

But Hoyer has proven his skeptics wrong in a big way. He has completed 62 percent of his passes for 1,008 yards and six touchdowns with just one interception — a miraculous stat for a Browns quarterback since their return in 1999 — through four games.

Acquiring Hoyer looks like the one of the two good things (the Trent Richardson trade being the other) accomplished during the short and otherwise inept management reign of Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi, who were both fired last winter and replaced by Ray Farmer, with ex-Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine taking over as coach.

Big second-half comebacks are no way to sustain success in the NFL, so it remains to be seen how long Hoyer’s run can last. But it’s been as fun to watch as a Manziel scramble — in college.