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Jets and Browns meet tonight Thursday night football for their 25th all-weather meeting in the regular season. While both teams are quarterback rookies, only one will play tonight.
This is choice number 3, Sam Darnold. After picking up a pick-six in his first stint in the NFL, Darnold looked good for two weeks.
Darnold became the youngest player in NFL history (21 years and 103 days) to throw at least 300 yards in a game, passing 334 yards and a touchdown in the second week of the Dolphins Jets' defeat .
The Jets and Browns were two of the worst teams in the NFL last year, but in the first week they looked pretty good. The Jets trampled the Lions, while the Browns equalized with the Steelers. Then, in the second week, the Jets lost to the Dolphins while the Browns kicker (now cut) cost them a win over the Saints.
Tonight's game is another Thursday night game that will only air on NFL Network, and even though it would be easy to write these teams, the game could be fun to watch!
Why? Here are five reasons to watch the Jets face the Browns Thursday night football.
1. Even though the Browns are 0-1-1, they really did not look bad.
The Browns forced two fumbles in the defeat against the Saints and sacked Drew Brees three times. In the first week, Cleveland's defense had three interceptions and three forced fumbles while cashing four sacks against the Steelers. The last time the Browns forced several fumbles in three consecutive games was in 2003. A big part of this equation is the first pick in the 2017 draft, Myles Garrett. He has two sacks and seven tackles in two weeks and seemed to be a force to be reckoned with. If you pay attention to one thing tonight, it should be Garrett.
The Browns' defense will try to continue to force turnovers and put the ball back in the hands of its attackers.
Speaking of which, while the racing game has not yet taken off, rookie receiver Antonio Callaway is strong in the passing game as defender of the double team Jarvis Landry. Even as a double team, the former Dolphins catcher has accumulated 175 yards on 12 catches in two weeks. Callaway and Landry will have to keep moving forward now that Josh Gordon has been traded to the Patriots. Landry has a knee injury, but if Hard blows we've learned something is that he will try to play to the max.
2. The time of Sam Darnold in New York is just beginning.
This is only the third week and it's already the second game of the Jets in prime time and another big step on which Darnold will try to shine. After making six caps in his first pass, Darnold had a good start to the season with 16 of 21 passes for 198 yards, two touchdowns and the aforementioned interception against the Lions. His rating of 116.8 is nothing to envy, especially in a first game. During the second week, his score was lower thanks to two interceptions (74.6), but it was still a good performance for the quarterback, except for an end of first period that everyone in New York would prefer to forget.
Darnold's connection with Quincy Enunwa will be something to watch for in this game. Enunwa has been targeted 21 times in two weeks and has 155 yards and a touchdown on 13 catches. The days of Sam Darnold are just beginning in New York and it's exciting to see the rookie's career take off.
3. Tyrod TaylorThe safe game of the Browns could lead to their first victory since December 24, 2016.
635 days have passed since the last Browns win.
Since Hue Jackson took the lead of the Browns in 2016, he never won a game on Sunday. He only won one game, and it was a Saturday night win against the Chargers. It would be relatively appropriate for his second victory to come on a Thursday and he remained without a win with the Browns on Sunday.
That said, if the Browns win, you will not want to miss it. Tyrod Taylor is one of the most conservative quarterbacks in the league, and by completing the match without multiple interceptions, Taylor will continue his current series of 44 games without further interception. The mark is an NFL record. Taylor is one of only two quarters since 2015 to accumulate at least 8,000 passing yards and 1,500 rushing yards.
He will run, he will launch and he will seek to protect football. It's certainly not the most exciting quarter to watch, but if he leads the Browns to Cleveland, it'll be worth watching.
4. Terrelle Pryor and Isaiah Crowell make their return to Cleveland.
Jets running back Isaiah Crowell spent the first four years of his career with the Browns (2014-17) and Terrelle Pryor, Jets receiver, spent the 2015-16 season with the Browns. touchdowns.
Now, Crowell leads the Jets in two weeks with 157 yards and Pryor is second in the team with 133 winnings. They will surely want to do a show against their old team.
In addition, the defensive back of the Jets, Buster Skrine, was chosen in the fifth round by the Browns in 2011 and spent four years with the club. Skrine leads the Jets in tackles with 14 this season. Jets quarterback Josh McCown was with the Browns from 2015 to 2016. On October 11, 2015, he broke Browns' record of 457 yards. The Browns won three games that year, which is more than they have won since Hue Jackson took over coaching in 2016.
5. The fans of Browns are really confident at the beginning of the match. When was the last time you could say that?
This year, SB Nation conducts a weekly survey of league fans to rate their opinions on their favorite NFL team. (You can see all the results of the FanPulse survey here.) At the beginning of the match, Browns fans are convinced that they will beat the Jets.
The Browns are favored by three points against Jets, by Bovada. And while Jets fans think their team will win this game, Browns fans surveyed were even more confident than their New York counterparts.
Green Nation of the gangs FanPulse: Jets will win by 4 points
Dawgs By Nature FanPulse: Browns will win by 7 points
Here are some reasons why Jets fans are optimistic for Michael Nania, from the Gang Green Nation.
Trumaine Johnson had a rocky week 1 but rebounded to block the Kenny Stills and Dolphins upright attack last week. You can take it with fast receivers, but it's hard to beat the top or in the red zone. Jamal Adams is looking to make the necessary progress and has played as a Pro Bowler so far. He was already a great defender of the race and showed cover instincts and an ability to challenge balls significantly improved. Morris Claiborne is a joker; He had a good week 1, but the bad week 2.
As for Browns fans, Chris Pokorny, of Dawgs By Nature, knows it's hard to be too optimistic about a team that has gone from 1-32-1 in his last 34 games, but he all the same the good side of things.
When you lose as much as Cleveland, you learn not to really think about the potential for loss of profit. The Browns forced a tie in their division and lost to an NFC team. They have not lost a division game yet, or a conference game, if I think of Wild Card points on the road. That's how I see this week's match: two promising teams in the AFC, Cleveland having the advantage of the pitch and trying to be forgiven for not having "won" the two last matches with a new kicker. in infraction.
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