With the recent injuries to quarterbacks Robert Griffin III and Josh McCown the first two weeks of this season, the Browns are now forced to start their fifth different quarterback in their last five regular season games.
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Griffin has a fractured bone in his left shoulder, an injury suffered in the opener and is likely to miss three months.
Rookie Cody Kessler will start Sunday in Miami.
The Cleveland Browns will be starting their third different quarterback in three weeks this Sunday.
The run defense, head coach Hue Jackson said Monday after watching the film, provided Cleveland with something to hang its hat upon. “I have to find ways to help out a little bit more”.
The Ravens face another road test in Week 3 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who will be desperate to pick up their first win of the season. I didnt have any nervousness or anxiousness, I was ready to go. He planned to play against the Dolphins but won’t get the chance.
“We have to snap the ball and have somebody get it and hand it to somebody”.
I understand where everybody is coming from, but you’ve got to trust me on this one. The Browns also don’t want to use Terrelle Pryor as another quarterback option.
“Here we go”, Jackson said.
Kessler, a third-round selection out of USC, said he has been prepared to make his debut and is ready to see his first National Football League action, especially after being inspired by McCown’s competitive drive.
“It’s a violent game and injuries happen and things you can’t prevent, ” he said. Its kind of a next-man-up mentality and I prepared as hard as I could all week. I hope he heals up fast, Whittaker said.
It would also mark the second time during the past four seasons Baltimore would have averaged less than 100 rushing yards per game for an entire season. “I don’t think that, but I know that there is something that is not right”.
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Thats something I need to correct, Whittaker said. Nassib will undergo surgery, but Jackson said it’s possible the former Penn State standout may be able to play in the future with a protective cast.
