Jake Browning insists his first career start was the real surprise. Everyone else would disagree.
Browning threw for 354 yards and a touchdown in his second start — much better than the four-sack, two-turnover performance a week earlier — and the Cincinnati Bengals stunned the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-31 in overtime on Monday night.
“He just lit the world on fire,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said.
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Browning also ran for a score as Cincinnati (6-6) won a road game on “Monday Night Football” for the first time since 1990. Evan McPherson’s 48-yard field goal in overtime was the difference and ended a three-game losing streak for the season and a nine-game road skid during Monday Night Football.
“After you put up 10 points in your first start, you’re excited to get another crack at it,” Browning said.
This one was shocking and potentially costly for the Jaguars (8-4), who lost quarterback Trevor Lawrence to a sprained right ankle late in the fourth quarter.
Left tackle Walker Little stepped on Lawrence’s ankle just before he was sacked. Lawrence tried to get up, but dropped to the ground, ripped off his helmet and threw it in disgust. He was helped off the field and into the tunnel for X-rays.
Lawrence left the locker room in a walking boot and on crutches. It ended an otherwise stellar night for Lawrence, who completed 22 of 29 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for a score.
Browning was equally stout in place of star Joe Burrow, who watched and coached from the sidelines while wearing a cast and sling.
Browning completed 32 of 37 passes and directed the overtime drive that set up McPherson’s field goal. McPherson, who played collegiately at nearby Florida, banged a 57-yarder off the crossbar in the same direction early in the game.
Jacksonville backup C.J. Beathard completed nine of 10 passes for 63 yards in relief of Lawrence. Beathard put the Jaguars in position for Brandon McManus’ 40-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining in regulation.
“It should have been a game-winning field goal,” said Jaguars coach Doug Pederson, pointing to the 48-yarder McManus missed early in the fourth.
Ja’Marr Chase caught 11 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown — a 76-yarder in the third quarter that got the Bengals going.
“He’s so hard to bring down,” Taylor said. “Anytime you get the ball in his hands, it’s stressful for the defense.”
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