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Fournette leads Jags' 26-24

comeback over Broncos

By ARNIE STAPLETON Eerily reminiscent of their down gave Jacksonville a
AP Pro Football Writer 16-14 loss to the Bears in first-and-10 at its 41.
DENVER (AP) — Leonard Denver two weeks ago, the Fournette topped his pre-
Fournette ran for a career- Broncos helped ignite the vious career high of 181
high 225 yards and Josh winning drive by getting yards on Oct. 8, 2017, at
Lambo kicked a 33-yard whistled for roughing the Pittsburgh, and his big run
field goal as time expired, passer. Sunday was an 81-yarder
sending the Jacksonville Against Chicago, it was that set up Jacksonville's Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, right,
Jaguars past the winless Bradley Chubb's question- go-ahead score. runs with the ball during the second half of an NFL football game
Denver Broncos 26-24 Sun- able penalty, which the The Broncos finally ended against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, in Denver.
day. league admitted was a their sack drought, drop- Associated Press
The Broncos (0-4) not only bad call. Against the Jag- ping Minshew five times,
were victimized by a last- uars, it was a flag by Von but suddenly they couldn't The Jaguars also recorded safety Ronnie Harrison in-
second field goal for the Miller, who reached up stop the run. their first takeaway of the tercepted Flacco, who air-
second time this season, and struck Minshew in his The result was their first season despite missing star mailed a pass to Emman-
but they blew a 14-point neck just as he released his home loss in which they led cornerback Jalen Ramsey, uel Sanders. That set up
lead at home in a loss for pass in a chaotic pocket. by 14 or more points since who was deactivated and Lambo's second field goal,
the first time since 2006. Miller's foul spoiled his big Nov. 19, 2006, when they missed a game for the first cutting Jacksonville's defi-
Gardner Minshew II drove day in which he collected were beaten by the Char- time in his four-year NFL ca- cit to 17-6 at the half.
the Jaguars, one of four his 99th and 100th career gers 35-27 after jumping reer. He missed practice all Coming out of the
AFC South teams who are sacks and drew several out to a 24-7 lead. week, first with an illness, break, the Jaguars em-
2-2, into field goal range holding penalties, one of Jacksonville hadn't had a then a back injury and fi- ployed a heavy front with
after Joe Flacco's 8-yard TD which wiped a Jaguars 100-yard rusher in 22 games, nally for paternity leave. 308-pounder Cedric Og-
throw to Courtland Sutton touchdown off the board. the second-longest streak Denver led 17-6 and was buehi serving as an eligible
with 1:38 left gave Denver The 15-yard flag on a in the NFL behind Philadel- driving for another score receiver and extra blocker
a 24-23 lead. 1-yard throw on second phia's 32-game drought. just before halftime when for Fournette.q

Continued from Page 18 coach John Harbaugh phrey said. "That's not really
The addition of Beckham said. "We're not doing our the brand of football I really
and the maturation of assignment the way we're want to represent. When
Mayfield, combined with supposed to, too many the whistle blows, it's got to
an improved defense, cre- times, and it's costing us big be over with."
ated high expectations for plays." HAIL BRIAN
the Browns (2-2) during the Mayfield hit Landry for 65 The Ravens inducted for-
offseason. Then Cleveland yards and connected with mer coach Brian Billick into
started 1-2, losing twice Ricky Seals-Jones for 59. the team's Ring of Honor ,
at home. Worse, Mayfield Then, of course, there was adding his name to the fa-
threw five interceptions that 88-yard run. In all, the cade on the upper deck.
and just three touchdown Browns had 10 plays of at Billick led Baltimore to a Su-
passes. least 16 yards. per Bowl victory during the
None of that mattered af- As a result, Cleveland finds 2000 season and went 85-
ter the Browns breezed itself tied atop the division Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) is pushed out 67 from 1999-2007.
of bounds by Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Patrick On-
past the Ravens. with the Ravens, who won wuasor (48) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, INJURIES
"We know how good we it last year. It's the first time Sept. 29, 2019, in Baltimore. Browns: Starting CBs Denzel
can be. That's the frustrat- Cleveland has been in first Associated Press Ward and Greedy Williams
ing part about how we place after four games were inactive with ham-
started," Mayfield said. "We since 2013. deep in his own territory, recovered at the Cleve- string injuries for a second
just need to do our job and "We haven't really won any- burst through a hole on land 26. It was Baltimore's straight week. ... LB Willie
that's what guys did this thing," Kitchens conceded. the right side and ran un- first turnover of the season. Harvey left in the first quar-
week." "Guys, it's just one game." touched into the end zone. The Browns immediately ter with a shoulder injury
First-year coach Freddie Still, it's worth noting that "Anybody could have ran went the other way and and did not return.
Kitchens concurred. Cleveland went 1-15 in through that hole," Chubb grabbed a two-touchdown Ravens: DT Brandon Wil-
"You keep your head down 2016 and 0-16 just two said. advantage late in the third liams (knee) was placed on
and keep working, usually years ago, and this victory A subsequent fourth-down quarter with a 2-yard run by the inactive list after strug-
good things happen," he came against a team that gamble by Baltimore failed Chubb. gling during a pregame
said. "You turn the corner." owned a 30-10 lead in a before Jackson threw suc- CHOKE HOLD workout.
Cleveland kept Baltimore series that began in 1999 — cessive interceptions . The Beckham and Ravens cor- UP NEXT
quarterback Lamar Jack- three years after Art Modell first one ended a run of nerback Marlon Humphrey Browns: For the second time
son in check and used a moved the original Browns 248 passes without being tangled several times dur- in three weeks, Cleveland
mixture of Mayfield's pass- to Baltimore. picked off. ing the game and got into plays in prime time, facing
ing and Chubb's physical Jackson's deft passing and Jackson went 24 of 34 for a heated scuffle in the third the San Francisco 49ers on
running to rip the Ravens elusive running were a key 247 yards and three scores. quarter. Beckham threw the road Monday night.
for 530 yards — the second part of Baltimore's 2-0 start, He had 66 yards rushing. a punch and Humphrey Ravens: In the second of
straight week Baltimore (2- but for a second straight Down 17-10, the Ravens choked him after they three successive AFC North
2) yielded more than 500 week he couldn't make up were moving for the poten- wrestled to the ground. games, Baltimore travels
yards. for his own team's porous tial tying score when Mark Both players were penal- to Pittsburgh to face the
"We've just got to clean it defense. He got the Ra- Ingram had the ball pried ized. rival Steelers (0-3 entering
up and guys do their job. vens to 24-18 with 9:51 left loose by Jermaine White- "I ran to him after the Monday night game vs.
Simple as that," Ravens before Chubb took a pitch head, and Chad Thomas game, apologized," Hum- Cincinnati).q