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Cleveland Browns running back Jerome Ford catches the ball during an NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood
Calif., Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)The Cleveland Browns started four quarterbacks in 2023 due to season-ending injuries and lost four Pro Bowl quarterbacks in 2023 due to season-ending injuries. But at 7-5, the Browns remain in the AFC playoffs. To stay there, Cleveland will have to bounce back from a loss and reinvent its offense on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the top four teams in the AFC postseason.”I think we’re going to get back to that resilient mentality that we had when we were dealing with injuries and losses,” Browns tight end Jerome Ford said. Go there. Job done. …”To become a home for our people and fans. I have a feeling it will be very good. It will be good for us and for them.With Deshaun Watson, the No. 1 quarterback, going down for the second time this season, Cleveland scored four touchdowns in three games and Ford reached the end zone twice.As a rookie last season, Ford was the Browns’ starting quarterback and gained 12 yards on eight carries. When Chubb was sidelined for the second game of the season, Ford was regular. He started eight games and, along with quarterback Kareem Hunt, Ford led Cleveland with 647 yards and three touchdowns on 154 carries, but missed one game with a foot injury. Ford also had 30 receptions for 196 yards and three touchdowns.Ford kicked a 24-yard field goal in the Browns’ 36-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. But he managed just 19 yards on nine rushing attempts. Cleveland ranks seventh in the NFL at 135.1 yards per game, but the Browns had just 87 against the Rams. Jacksonville’s defense ranks fifth in the league, allowing an average of 93.1 yards per game. But the Jaguars gave up a season-low 156 rushing yards in a 34-31 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. “It took us a while to get our feet wet,” Ford said. “We think we can get back to normal. … Hopefully we can go there and do what the Bengals did to them.”The weather forecast for Sunday’s game calls for rain and gusts of 10 to 20 miles per hour at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Lake Erie.”It just means it’s going to be a physical, tough game, and with their defensive line and the way they move the ball, we’re going to have to get the job done,” Ford said.Ford, whose 24th birthday is Saturday, joined the Browns as Cincinnati’s fifth-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Ford spent two seasons at Alabama before playing for the Browns and Bears. He rushed for 151 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries and was behind future NFL quarterbacks Damien Harris, Josh Jacobs, Naji Harris and Bryan Robinson Jr.) He caught two passes for 11 yards as a running back. I played.Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski has not announced which Browns quarterback will work with Ford in the Browns’ backfield on Sunday. On Saturday, the Browns lost quarterback P.J. Walker, who started five and seven games this season, drafted quarterback Joe Flacco off the practice squad to play in the game against Jacksonville.Two weeks after joining Cleveland, Flacco started against the Rams and completed 23 of 44 passes for 254 yards with two touchdowns and an interception on his first attempt in his 16th NFL season. Dorian Thompson-Robinson started the last two games at quarterback for the Browns, but missed the Los Angeles game with a concussion. The rookie QB returned to practice this week and was available to face Jacksonville. Stefanski declined Friday to say which quarterback will start Sunday.”They’re both training this week,” Stefanski said. “Both of them are well prepared. I have confidence in both of them,” he said.The Browns and Jaguars kick off Sunday at noon CST. Cleveland has 5 wins and 1 loss at home this season.“They have a good record, we have a decent record and we want to win,” Ford said.
