Both Joe Flacco and Dorian Thompson-Robinson are available
The Browns will face the Jacksonville Jaguars at home on Sunday, but it remains to be seen who will start at quarterback for Cleveland, with the team deciding not to name Joe Flacco or Dorian Thompson-Robinson for the role for now. wait until game day approaches.
Coach Kevin Stefanski declined to announce the starter Friday, noting that both Flacco and Thompson-Robinson are available after the latter cleared concussion protocol.”Both guys practiced this week. Both guys practiced well. I have confidence in both guys, but I’m not going to name a starter,” Stefanski said.
“You don’t have to, I guess that’s probably the best way to put it.”During the week, Flacco had done most of the work in practice with Thompson-Robinson Limited while waiting to be released from the concussion protocol.
Flacco was preparing for his second chance to start for the Browns and play more football after not playing for nearly a year before signing with the Browns in November.“It’s really invigorating. That’s exciting.
That’s what you want,” Flacco said Thursday. “You want to think about doing your job and letting everyone do their job side by side and leaving everything else to its own devices.
But with Thompson-Robinson out of concussion protocol since Friday, the freshman is just as excited to get back out there.”I’m excited. I’m ready to go when I am and my name is called.
I’m even more excited to get football back. If things are taken away from you, whether it’s injuries or whatever,” that’s the main objective, get back on the field. I’m looking forward to it, looking forward to Sunday and hopefully it’s a good weather game,”
Thompson-Robinson said. Thompson-Robinson didn’t get much work with the receivers during the week, but the limited number of reps he got didn’t deter him. He said he has stepped up his individual work while following concussion protocol.
After his first start – where he was named a starter 90 minutes before kick-off – he is ready for anything.“After the Ravens game, I think this game is the biggest blessing of my NFL career thus far,” Thompson-Robinson said. “From my point of view, nothing could really be worse than this week.
So I base everything on that and I’ve been out there now in an NFL game and I started with no rehearsal because I was told at the last second, so I have to start again. I can do it again. I have these reps now. I’m trained for this scenario or whatever comes my way.
So, like I said, overall I feel more comfortable with this ride than the previous one.”It seems more likely that Flacco, who has had more work this week, will start. But for now we’ll have to wait and see. For receivers who get the ball on Sunday from Flacco,
Thompson-Robinson or maybe even both, both quarterbacks have their strengths in being comfortable on the field.“Both good QBs, different QBs,” rookie wide receiver Cedric Tillman said. “What I like about Dorian is that both competitors, but Dorian will fight and do everything he needs to do, he can climb a little more.
Joe is a veteran who has that veteran presence and can really throw the ball.The situation is one the Browns have experienced before.
With an important AFC game coming up, it will be crucial to capitalize on the resilience they have shown so far this season to break their two-game losing streak and aim for the playoffs.
Tightend David Njoku said: “It’s been a crazy year this year, hasn’t it?Four quarterbacks.
Honestly, that speaks to the strength of this team, and I really applaud this team. “We’re dealing with all the challenges we’ve faced this year.
The starting running back is out for the year, the starting quarterback is out for the year. We have to improvise.
We need to rediscover who we are and fix some things. This team really impressed me this year and surprised me with how strong we are and how quickly we can pass.”
