The over/under starts at 38 for the match.
According to DraftKings Sportsbook, the Cleveland Browns entered the game as 3-point favorites heading into their Week 15 matchup against the Chicago Bears.
The game’s over/under is currently 38.The Browns (8-5) had a solid but mixed performance with a 31-27 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Cleveland’s offense continued to show spark under Joe Flacco as he threw for over 300 yards and three touchdown passes. On the other hand, the Browns also turned the tables three times, which led to easy points in reverse.
The defense once again had some good moments, but the final score was still close. The Bears (5-8) are coming off a 28-13 win over the Detroit Lions, one of the most impressive victories of the season.
Chicago was torn between a dysfunctional team and a team sneakily capable of a 21st-place finish at a moment’s notice, so it’s hard to predict which version of the Bears you’ll get.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco (15) throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND (AP) When Joe Flacco arrived three weeks ago, Browns star Myles Garrett had doubts about what was left of the 38-year-old quarterback. These doubts have disappeared.“He’s one of us,” Garrett said. “And as long as he continues to do what he does, he will remain one of us.
Flacco to taled 311 yards and three touchdowns in his home debut for Cleveland — two against tight end David Njoku — and the Browns survived a late turnover by Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars to win 31-27 on Sunday.
Flacco, 38, signed by the Browns (8-5) on Nov. 20, delivered the kind of performance he had almost every year as a guest with Baltimore. Flacco made 26 of 45 and improved to 10-2 as a starter in Cleveland.Flacco has totaled 565 yards and five touchdowns in two starts.
While Browns coach Kevin Stefanski never announced his starting quarterback for this week’s game, he quickly confirmed he will run with Flacco the rest of the way.“The guy who does everything,” Garrett said. “He gives everything for this team and also gets respect from the rest of the guys.”
Flacco threw two touchdown passes to Njoku in the first half and then completed a 41-yard pass to wide receiver David Bell in the fourth quarter as the Jaguars gambled with an all-out blitz on fourth down.
As Bell ran toward the end zone, Flacco did his best to keep up, for an old man. The Browns are the eighth team in NFL history to win with four starting quarterbacks in the same season.
And now they are placing their playoff hopes in the hands of Flacco, who will lead their long journey. Flacco wasn’t sure his career was over before the Browns came calling last month after losing Deshaun Watson to a season-ending shoulder injury.
Now he’s back in the playoff race, something he knows well from his years in Baltimore.“It’s amazing to be there,” Flacco said after earning his 100th win as a starter. “It is truly a unique experience.
Having kids who are at the age where they understand what’s going on and I’ll remember these things forever.“I just try to stay in the moment, be as grateful as possible and continue to improve.”Lawrence played through a sprained right ankle Monday night.
He threw a season-high three interceptions before leading the first-place Jaguars (8-5) into the fourth quarter. His third TD pass – to Evan Engram with 1:33 left – brought the Jaguars within four points.
Garrett then sacked Lawrence on the 2-point conversion, and the Browns recovered an onside kick to end the game. Despite Lawrence, the Jaguars suffered their second defeat in six days.
The quarterback was off his game from the start, finishing 28 of 50 for 257 yards.“We kept shooting ourselves in the foot,” Lawrence said. “It wasn’t one of our cleanest games. Too many mistakes. We were so inconsistent and couldn’t find the rhythm.
There was too much miscommunication.“There were too many things that we turned into turnovers, sacks or bad plays. There are things I didn’t do well today.”Jacksonville, battered on both sides of the ball, lost for the first time in seven games on the road.
The Jags are trying to hold off Houston and Indianapolis in the AFC South. The Texans and Colts both lost Sunday.
Martin Emerson had two picks against Lawrence, who threw an incompletion on fourth down with 3:30 left.The Browns then took a 31-21 lead when Dustin Hopkins kicked a 55-yard field goal with 3:10 remaining.
Garrett called for a fine for the referee crew and called the performance “a travesty”.“It was really horrible,” he said. “And the fact that they let them run away with their hands in their faces, holding on, are false starts.
I know they called a few, but damn, they could have called the whole thing a game.”Garrett’s comments came a week after Pittsburgh’s T.J. said: Watt was extremely critical after a game against Arizona.“Respect for these guys, it’s hard work,” Garrett said. “But damn, we have a tough job too.
You can’t make things more difficult by removing holding and face-to-face hands from the rulebook. I have a lot of respect for those guys, but we will be scrutinized for the plays we don’t make.
So someone has to hold them accountable for plays or calls they don’t make.”WOUNDSJaguars: LT Ezra Cleveland, replacing injured starter Walker Little (also a reserve), left in the second quarter with a knee injury. … S Andre Cisco (groin) exited in the second half.
Browns: Starter Ethan Pocic suffered a neck injury in the first quarter and did not return. Nick Harris entered. … DT Jordan Elliott suffered a concussion in the first half. … S Grant Delpit (groin) was hurt in the fourth quarter. … S Juan Thornhill (calf) was scratched during the game. Undrafted rookie Ronnie Hickman took his place as the starter.
