Remember Jake Browning, the kid from Folsom High who threw 91 TDs in a single season? The one who basically rewrote the California record books before doing the same at Washington? That guy is gone. “If I wasn’t pissed, then I shouldn’t be in this locker room,” Browning said, a day after the Bengals traded for Joe Flacco . The move wasn’t exactly a shock.
The Bengals were just dragged through a 3-game losing streak where they were outscored by a gut-punching 77 points. When the offense looked lost, the QB always received the blame. The leash got short. Then it snapped.
Browning knows he played a role. “I’m aware of the role I played in the offensive struggles,” he admitted, but the confession came with a caveat. “But I’m also not shouldering the entire situation.” The numbers t