The Cleveland Browns have an old friend in Houston Texans QB Case Keenum.
The Cleveland Browns will face old friend Case Keenum when they take on the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Keenum spent one season with the Browns in 2020-2021. He served as Baker Mayfield’s backup and started several games during that span.
Keenum Davis is C.J. Mills was a surprise selection as a starter while Stroud was sidelined with a concussion.
But when his number was called, the veteran was building a product for the Texans.
Keenum passed for 229 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Houston won 19-16 in overtime.
The Browns parted ways with Keenum shortly after trading Deshaun Watson in 2022.
Cleveland traded Keenum to the Buffalo Bills for a seventh-round pick and signed Jacoby Brissett.
The Browns really believe in Case Keenum.Case Keenum spent several seasons with the Browns.
Case Keenum spent several seasons with the Browns.Stroud likely won’t be able to watch Sunday’s game against the Browns.
That means Cleveland’s league-leading defense will be facing Keenum.
They don’t take 35 year old passengers lightly.“The case was filed and initiated last week and won.
That’s what he does,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said. “He’s played a lot of football games, started a lot of football games and won a lot of football games during his career.
So we know what talent he has.”Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz had equal praise for Keenum.”
Case Keenum has been around a long time and has all the experience to compete,” Schwartz said Thursday, Dec. 21. “He was definitely here.
He led the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game. I was in Philadelphia when I played it.
A true vet who has seen it all. Very accurate compass. Although he plays a little differently than CJ Stroud, he led the team to victory last week.
When all is said and done, the head coach and quarterback will be judged victorious, and Case Kennum will be the winner.Joe Flacco prepares for Texas’ ‘aggressive’ defense.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco. getty imagesCleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco.
Keenum joked that because he’s traveled so much throughout his career, he’s had a high percentage of games against his former teams.
He has played for seven different franchises since being drafted in 2012. “I’m more likely to play for my old team than most because I have a lot of my old teams,” Keenum said. “
I had to answer this question a lot because I played a lot of games with my old team in the past.
I remember being with the Vikings, playing against my old team and being with Kevin Stefanski.
He and I really talked about making what’s most important be most important rather than focusing on all the external stuff.
“I get coach points for teams I played on because the coach of the team I played on told me about other teams I played on.”
The Browns bring in a seasoned veteran in Joe Flacco, who will make his fourth start in Cleveland.
Flacco has been pretty good so far with 939 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions.
But he knows he’ll give it his all against a hungry Texas defense.
“They have a really good front end and an aggressive back end,” Flacco said Wednesday, Dec. 20.
“I think the key to the style of these players is for the front line to break things up and for the back line to play an aggressive style because they’re going to stop the run and make sure they win.”
defender. . So I think I’m doing a good job with that.The Browns are favored by 2.5 points in this game and a win would move them closer to the playoffs.
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