Almost 40 year old Joe Flacco time!
Weather in cleveland is expected to have some rain, so not great conditions.
It is a long grinding season. Mahomes battled through his ankle. Hurts is in concussion protocol. Carr has a broken non throwing hand and missed the prior 2 games and won't get to play his Revenge game vs the Raiders.
Yup. Just saw the replay. This is what I get for assuming instead of watching....I still stand by the spirit of my comment though. They do need to get him protection.
Unless you are trying to make the line of the gain on 3rd or 4th down, you can't take that hit as a QB. Even that, at this stage, you have to protect yourself. He was a runner and not sliding at that point.
Edit: It was a 3rd and 4 play and he ended up taking a sack. This is his 2nd hit to the head this season. Got tripped up vs the Jets I think and fell forward and took a hard hit and was out for the rest of that game. Coaches need to work with him to get him to just take the sack there if he can't make the line of the gain. Not worth taking the contact to save a couple of extra yards.