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Grateful would be the word used to sum up Joe Flacco’s sentiments shortly after his storybook run as the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback came to an end in Saturday’s Super Wild Card playoff loss to the Houston Texans.
“I think I was so fortunate to become a part of this team,” Flacco said, via the team’s website. “It’s a special group. And I know a lot of people can say that, but it really is. To be given a chance to do this with those guys, I’m super grateful for it.”
Flacco has been on the winning side of many playoff games, including a Super Bowl with the Ravens that saw him take home the game’s MVP trophy. But it wasn’t meant to be on Saturday for Flacco and the Browns, who made the playoffs despite starting five different quarterbacks during the regular season.
“They played with a little more confidence, a little more speed, a little more hunger,” Flacco said of the Texans, via The Athletic.
The Browns led briefly in the first half but were unable to stop the runaway train that was the Texans, who scored 35 unanswered points after the Browns had taken a 14-10 lead on a Kareem Hunt touchdown.
Down 24-14 at halftime, a pair of Flacco pick-sixes in a two minute span in the third quarter essentially ended the game. Flacco said he was trying to throw the ball away on the first pick-six that was recorded by Texans veteran cornerback Steven Nelson.
“Today, you’re trying to throw the ball away, you’re not trying to make a bad decision, but at the end of the day, you have to be able to live with sacks,” Flacco said. “And I think on that drive, we had overcome a second-and-long from a holding, and in the back of your head, you’re like, ‘OK, we got over that one, let’s not get back in that position.’ And you almost let your guard down a little bit. And like I said, I think you have to realize that sometimes sacks aren’t bad things.”
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Author : Bryan DeArdo
Publish date : 2024-01-14 17:29:28
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