Where the Browns Offense Can Attack the Jaguars' Defense

The Browns offense was unsure what they were going to get out of the 38-year-old Joe Flacco but what we all saw is enough to get this team excited about the final month of the year.

Cleveland's offensive attack has been up and down all season long. The quarterback situation has been well documented and is one that is rare, even among Browns' standards. 

For only the third time in franchise history, Cleveland has started four quarterbacks in just one season. For a group that has had 37 different starting quarterbacks since their return in 1999, that's a shocking realization.

What has been even more detrimental to this Browns' team has been injuries. They have experienced injuries everywhere throughout this offensive group and it looks like they dodged a bullet from last Sunday.

Receiver and team leader Amari Cooper left the Rams game with a head injury and never returned. This put him into the concussion protocol and made him questionable for Sunday's Jaguars game. 

On Friday, Cooper went through his normal practice routine and is on schedule to potentially return on Sunday. Losing him would be a massive blow for this Browns team as they try and claw their way into the playoffs.

They will be facing a Jaguar team that is the 24th-ranked unit in all of the NFL. They struggle to stop teams' passing attacks as they are giving up a 30th-ranked 261 yards per game through the air. 

While they aren't great at stopping the pass, they are very stout against the run. On average, they give up 93 yards on the ground which is fifth best in all of the NFL. 

The biggest reason that they are so strong against the run is the play of their middle linebacker Foyesade Oluokun who has an incredible 131 tackles on the season. He is averaging 10.9 tackles per game. He has seven tackles for loss, two sacks and one interception. He is the leader of the defense and will be all around the football on Sunday.

Up front, their stud pass rusher Josh Allen is putting together a heck of a year, too. He has 13.5 sacks on the year to go along with the first interception that he had last week on a Bengals trick play. Allen has 45 total tackles,  11 of which have been tackles for loss.

On the back end, the Jaguar secondary is led by safety Andre Crisco and cornerback Darious Williams. Crisco and Williams both have three interceptions each and have complimented each other well in that secondary. Crisco will stick his nose in there and make a number of tackles, he has 53 on the year.

Williams is overall a lockdown corner. He has 16 passes defensed to go along with his three interceptions. 

The game plan for this Browns team is they are going to try and take advantage of this team through the air. If the weather allows it, look for Cleveland to try to get Cooper, David Njoku, and Elijah Moore involved. Expect them to take a couple of big play shots to Cedric Tillman or Marquise Goodwin.

This Jaguars defense is ripe for the taking. If the Browns can take care of the football and not turn it over, they are going to have a very good chance to get the win on Sunday.