The Joe Flacco story added another remarkable page to an unlikely chapter in his NFL career on Sunday.
The veteran — journeyman seems harsh — led the Cleveland Browns to 10 points in the final 3:08 and a 20-17 victory over the Chicago Bears.
The Browns, now an unlikely 9-5 in a season they have gone through a carousel of starting quarterbacks, saw Flacco connect with Amari Cooper for 51 tards to tie the game at 17 with 3:08 left.
“Joe Flacco, are you kidding me?!”
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They held the Bears and forced a punt.
Flacco found David Njoku for 34 yards to put Dustin Hopkins in field-goal range.
DAVID NJOKU YAC 😳
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Hopkins drilled a 34-yard field goal with 32 seconds left.
With :32 to go, the @Browns are on top!
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Flacco was not perfect. He did throw three interceptions. However, he had a pair of touchdown passes and threw for 371 yards.
The Bears came incredibly close to a Hail Mary game-winner but Darnell Mooney could not come down with the pass that was intercepted by D’Anthony Bell.
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How about the Browns going four games over .500 despite having 26% of their salary cap on IR?
Kevin Stefanski became the first Browns coach with multiple winning seasons since Marty Schottenheimer.
