Jake Browning finds familiar feeling in leading Bengals' OT win - ESPN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning doesn't know when he'll fully appreciate his performance on Monday night.

In the second start of his career, he put together a historic outing in a 34-31 overtime victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Playing in place of an injured Joe Burrow, Browning became the first undrafted player in the common era to throw for more than 350 passing yards and complete 85% of his passes.

His final line: 32-of-37 passing, 354 yards and two total touchdowns, an effort that helped the Bengals snap a three-game losing streak. And despite his relative inexperience, the feeling of victory wasn't an unfamiliar one for him.

«I haven't played a lot of football, but it's not like I'm not used to winning,» Browning said. «I've won a lot of games in my career. None of them have been in the NFL until today, which is obviously noteworthy. I've won a lot of football games in my life.»

Browning won a prep state title at Folsom (California) High and played in 53 games in four seasons at the University of Washington before going undrafted in 2019. After the Minnesota Vikings waived him before the 2021 season, he landed with the Bengals and has gone from a practice squad player to the team's No. 2 quarterback.

His role took on greater significance when Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury in Week 11, which led to Browning making his first career start in Week 12. In a 16-10 loss to Pittsburgh, he was 19-of-26 passing for 227 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Browning said that while he has sat behind other quarterbacks and processed games, it's different reflecting on his own in-game experience.

"[I] learned a lot from the Pittsburgh game and was really able to