Browns lock up No. 1 overall pick in 2017 National Football League draft

Since opening the season as a starter, Jones has fallen down the depth chart.

Yes, it was a skeleton crew playing offense for the Steelers, with the three Bs – Ben, Bell and Brown – on the sidelines. The Steelers did not pick up the fifth-year option on Jones and are unlikely to re-sign him. The outside linebacker ran a deep arc against the All-Pro before working inside as Robert Griffin III started to feel pressure and begin to flush out of the pocket. It can also be used, as this game was, to give your backup quarterback a full game’s worth of reps in preparation for the win-or-go-home postseason. Not impressive at all. He finished the game going 29/47 throwing 281 yards, earning one touchdown to one interception; a 76.6 passer rating. The pass and run protection were big-time issues for the Steelers, though, and it shows in a number of statistical categories including the four sacks that Jones took.

What fans witnessed were some great throws along with some not so great throws. They weren’t actively tanking games on the field by any stretch.

In fact, after the way he brought the team back to capture its 11th victory, I have to admit that Jones might wind up becoming a pretty good National Football League quarterback after all-just not likely in Pittsburgh.

Punter Britton Colquitt was solid in this one, with four punts for 190 yards, and one inside the 20.

However, the Browns didn’t get to be 1-14 for nothing, and one play following the huge gain, Jarvis Jones forced Crowell to fumble, Mike Mitchell recovered at the three, and the game headed to overtime. With James Harrison likely to get more rest as Pittsburgh gears up for a playoff run, Jones has to take advantage of the extended playing time.

STATS: Browns WR Terrelle Pryor caught seven passes for 94 yards to become the seventh receiver in Browns history to reach 1,000 yards receiving.

Hubbard has been used as an extra blocking tight end during the team’s six-game winning streak. That error led to Landry Jones’ first TD pass to DeAngelo Williams.

It was that kind of day for the defense, which allowed the Browns to rush for 231 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown by George Atkinson III to tie the game, 21-21, late in the fourth quarter. His performances shows that (inconsistency) and his age. Brown, Paul DePodesta, Hue Jackson, Pep Hamilton, and Andrew Berry will work together to make the determination at quarterback. He kept Rogers in check with really only one quality return of 10 yards. That leaves Jones at age 31-32 and just not young enough to be the future of the franchise. “I just know me too well”. Many NFL mock drafts will come out in the next few weeks that will try to project who the Cleveland Browns are going to target, as well as which players will be available in the 2017 NFL Draft.