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Defense Runs the Show in Win vs Cleveland
Cleveland, OH -- A Week After Coming off a Tie to the Los Angeles Chargers, the Jaguars responded by taking down the Cleveland Browns on the road, 31-16. The story from the beginning of the game was defense for the Jags as Myles Jack picked off rookie QB DeShone Kizer on the first play of the game, the first of 5 Interceptions for the Jags Defense on the day. Nickel back Aaron Colvin returned from a minor injury to lead the defense with 2 interceptions, both of which he took to the house. Safety Barry Church also had 2 interceptions. The Jags forced 6 turnovers on the day with the other being a forced fumble inside the 10 yard line. The Jags attacked on offense with a three-headed rushing attack of rookie Leonard Fournette, Chris Ivory, and change of pace back T.J. Yeldon totaling 181 rushing yards on the day.
Here is a look at the game recap, provided by recapwizard.com :
The game started off great for the Jags as linebacker Myles Jack picked off rookie QB DeShone Kizer on the first play from scrimmage. Jacksonville would turn the interception into points on their first offense drive capped off with a 1 yard TD run by rookie Leonard Fournette for his 6th TD on the season.
On their second possession, the Browns would again get into trouble and give the Jags great field position as safety Barry Church picked off Kizer for the Jags 2nd interception of the first quarter, but the Browns defense wouldn't break in the redzone as the Jags had to settle for a Jason Myers 20 Yard FG.
After a couple exchanged punts by both teams the Jags would break the game open as nickel back Aaron Colvin jumped a quick fly route and picked off Kizer for the Jags 3rd interception of the half, taking this one 29 yards to the house to make the game 17-0.
The Browns would put up points in their next drive after marching down the field, capped off by an 18 yard TD run by 3rd string RB Terrance Magee, but Cody Parkey would miss the extra point kick to cut the Jags lead to 17-6. The second half came to a exciting finish as the Browns marched down the field again and looked to cut the lead before the half but the Jags defense would come up big again as defensive end Calais Campbell would knock the ball loose from Kizer inside the 10 yard line and the Jags would recover to go into the half up 17-6.
The second half started as well as the first half for the Jags, but this time on the offensive side of the ball as 3rd down back T.J. Yeldon would take a handoff a fight through multiple defenders on his way to a 75 yard TD run to push the Jags lead to 24-6 early in the 3rd quarter.
The Jags put the game away on their next defensive possession when Colvin came up with his second interception of the game and again, took it to the house, this time a 55 yard return to put the Jags up 31-6. The Browns would not go down easy as the rookie QB Kizer drove his team down the field on the next possession and cut the Jags lead to 31-13 on a 21 yard TD pass to receiver Josh Gordon. Cleveland would get a 25 yard field goal from Parkey with 6:57 left in the 4th quarter but the Jags offense would run the clock down to a minute left before giving the ball back to Cleveland one last time. On the last play of the game, Kizer would throw a desperation toss to the endzone, but Church came down with it for his 2nd interception of the game and would end the game with the Jags coming out on top 31-16.
