Browns Take 31-27 Win vs. Jaguars: Lawrence's Ankle Injury Worry

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00:03 We saw tremendous market movement for the Browns hosting the Jaguars.

00:06 It's because Trevor Lawrence lined up and started in that football game despite

00:12 the injury to the ankle in the Monday night disaster against the Cincinnati Bengals.

00:17 But because T-Law was there, did not result in a Jacksonville win.

00:22 And earlier in the week, the total was at 30 and a half.

00:25 It closed at 36 and a half, and it should have been much more than that.

00:29 The Browns win 31-27 at home in front of the dog pound,

00:35 covering as a short one and a half point favorite.

00:38 Joe Flacco threw for more than 300 yards.

00:41 The Browns turned over the Jags four times,

00:44 including intercepting Trevor Lawrence three separate times.

00:48 Cleveland, now eight and five, the top seed in the AFC wildcard chase.

00:52 That number five spot overall in the AFC playoff picture.

00:56 The Jaguars have dropped two in a row, they are also eight and five.

01:01 >> Yeah, I'm worried a little bit about the Jaguars here,

01:03 because with Trevor Lawrence,

01:04 that ankle injury can always flare up at any time with a high ankle sprain.

01:07 I was actually surprised he gave it a go.

01:08 But by the way, it did look pretty mobile in the pocket.

01:11 You're right, you can't turn the football over four times on the road and

01:14 expect to win, even if the Cleveland Browns turned it over three times themselves.

01:18 But the one thing we're getting out of Joe Flacco here is apparently he's not in

01:21 there, Ben, to be a game manager.

01:23 If that would have been the case,

01:24 we had big leads throughout that game for the Cleveland Browns.

01:27 You would be throwing 45 times in a game when you know usually

01:31 the Cleveland Browns are built on the ground.

01:33 But the thing I like to see here, we know David Njoku,

01:35 six catches, 91 yards and two touchdowns.

01:37 He's an explosive tight end.

01:39 It seemed like he was really, I don't wanna say in the background at that point.

01:43 But stepping up and saying the whole field is now eligible to catch passes here,

01:47 because Flacco's got a big time arm.

01:49 Omari Cooper left last week with a concussion after getting two catches for

01:52 28 yards on the first drive.

01:54 He added one more a little bit later in that game, but

01:56 now he goes seven for 77 here.

01:58 I like what I'm seeing out of the Browns.

01:59 They're not even relying on defense, Ben.

02:01 They're relying on offense, which is supposed to be the exact opposite here.

02:04 But that's a big win.

02:05 If we expected the Cleveland Browns to dip out of the playoff hunt,

02:08 that's not the case anymore.

02:09 And right now the Jacksonville Jaguars, so

02:12 lucky that the Jets took down the Houston Texans.

02:14 Otherwise, it'd be full blown panic mode down there in Duval County.

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