CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson says it took maybe 20 minutes after his win against the Steelers on Sunday, five days after his 24th birthday, to get back to the high point of the victory over the Steelers. .
“My family sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to me in the family and friends section, so I could focus on myself a little more on my birthday,” Thompson-Robinson said Wednesday.
After Dustin Hopkins hit a no-doubt 34-yard field goal, capping an eight-play, 48-yard drive engineered by Thompson, the rookie quarterback was seen kneeling and emotional on the sideline.
It was a flow that dates back to when the Browns opened training camp at the Greenbrier in West Virginia, when Thompson-Robinson didn’t do many actual practice reps, but instead did mental reps, standing behind and mimicking the three’s every move. quarterback for him while they did most of the real work.
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“The work that I’ve done Monday through Sunday or Monday through Saturday, and basically since I’ve been here,”
Thompson-Robinson said, “think about all the times at Greenbrier, I wouldn’t have gotten a single rep, were everyone had me noticed behind and took all those (mental) repetitions.
These representatives have now helped me, they made progress last Sunday and also the other Sundays and they also managed to put me in this position.
So I realize how far I’ve come and also where I’m trying to go, but I just try to appreciate the moment.
It was especially sweet because Thompson-Robinson completed all four of his attempts on the game-winning drive before a dunk stopped the clock, good for 39 yards in the air. Before the final drive, he had completed just seven of 19 throws for 28 yards and an interception.
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So forgive Thompson-Robinson for being a little emotional right now, especially during a game against the Steelers and after what happened in his first start against Baltimore in Week 4, when he went 19-for-36 for 121 yards and threw three interceptions.
This time, with a week of preparation, he was far from perfect, but mostly he managed to protect the football and understand what it means to be the team’s starting quarterback, what he could be if Deshaun Watson was out for the season. The Browns signed Joe Flacco, 38, to the practice squad on Monday, but the job for now goes to Thompson-Robinson.
“It’s a responsibility. It’s not just about me being the starting quarterback and everyone liking me and all these other things,” Thompson-Robinson said.
“I have to come in, I have to work on it every day. The amount of detail and focus required to succeed in this position is exhausting and difficult.
Everything you see on Sunday is because of the work that was done throughout the week.
For Thompson-Robinson, it’s all about work – evaluating what he did well on Sunday and correcting it.
“I don’t think there’s any secret sauce,” he said, “just go out, put in the work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, then go out and make sure you’re locked in on Sunday.”
Thompson-Robinson was locked in long enough Sunday for the Browns to walk out of their own stadium with a victory.
Against the turnover-hungry Broncos, who have 19 putouts, second in the league and 12 in their last three games, he needs to hold on and not allow what happened against the Ravens to repeat itself.
“I think I’m in a good place,” Thompson-Robinson said. “I really want to improve and make sure I’m even better than last Sunday. But yeah, that’s exactly what I’m looking forward to.
