Quarterback Joe Flacco led the Cleveland Browns to a 37-20 victory over his former team, the New York Jets, securing a playoff berth for the Browns. Flacco's historic performance included throwing for 309 yards and three touchdowns, marking his fourth consecutive game with over 300 passing yards, a first in his NFL career. The Browns' win was fueled by Flacco's impressive first half, where he completed 16 of 22 passes for 296 yards, including a first drive that ended with a touchdown after going 3/4 for 71 yards. His efforts helped the Browns to a 20-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 34-17 score at halftime. Flacco's second touchdown pass was an 8-yard throw to Elijah Moore. His performance also set an NFL record as he became the first player in league history to record at least 250 passing yards and two touchdown passes in each of his first five games with a team. The Browns now stand at 11-5, while the Jets fall to 6-10.
Joe Flacco in last night’s 34-20 win over the Jets: 🔥 309 Passing Yards 🔥 3 Touchdowns 🔒 Playoff appearance https://t.co/eW5uVnbSKJ
QB Joe Flacco's improbable comeback with Cleveland has Browns in playoffs, eyeing bigger wins https://t.co/x3F16Mc5GT
𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗘: #Browns QB Joe Flacco should win comeback player of the year. He’s the first player this season to truly be pushing Damar Hamlin for the award. (Odds Via: @BFawkes22) https://t.co/3GjE5s2KYG
The only quarterback to throw for 300+ yards and multiple touchdowns in four consecutive games this season: #Browns Joe Flacco. The Browns are 4-1 with him as the starting QB. Flacco is now +100 to win Comeback Player of the Year only behind #Bills Damar Hamlin, who is the… https://t.co/UIV8fjXkhP https://t.co/eOf8jFvbYa
The only QB to throw for 300+ yards and multiple touchdowns in four consecutive games this season: Joe Flacco. https://t.co/L66FtnTtAf
In his first game against his former team, Joe Flacco showed the Jets what they’ve been missing all season. Flacco completed 19-of-29 passes for 309 yards and three touchdowns in the Browns’ 37-20 rout of the Jets (6-10). @antwanstaley https://t.co/wmVEMEnepT
ICYMI: Cleveland #Browns clinch playoff first playoff berth since 2020 with win over New York #Jets https://t.co/p8njRC04Fb via @beaconjournal
Joe Flacco feels Cleveland's love in #Browns playoff-clinching win over #Jets https://t.co/tk0niKWbIM via @beaconjournal
Nuts & bolts of Browns 37, Jets 20. Browns secure playoff berth. via TLOD https://t.co/VLuCVplPJq
Joe Flacco "so fortunate" to be on playoff-bound Browns after three-TD night in win over Jets https://t.co/DzjSpbmgcM https://t.co/8bz7u6Le8O
The Jets entered tonight having gone 33 straight games without allowing a 300-yard passer, dating back to the 2021 season. Before Flacco, the last QB to throw for 300 passing yards against the Jets was Tom Brady in 2021 Week 17. The Jets' run of 33 straight was the longest…
Cleveland Browns Joe Flacco on Thursday Night Football: - 19/29 - 309 Yards - 3 TD 1 INT - 121.2 Rating Joe Flacco has 4 straight 300-yard games and 10 TD, and helped the Browns clinch a playoff spot tonight. https://t.co/ppPLPocbRO
Joe Flacco (+100) now has the second-best odds to win NFL Comeback Player of the Year at @DKSportsbook behind Damar Hamlin (-150). Flacco had 250-1 odds three weeks ago ...
Joe Flacco Threw For 300+ Yards For The FOURTH Straight Game As The Browns Clinched A Playoff Spot Tonight https://t.co/WL8Iczwsx8 https://t.co/r0VrZt7lSQ
🏈Joe Flacco’s monster 1st half leads Browns to 37-20 win over Jets, playoff berth against ex-team In his first game against Gang Green, Flacco showed the Jets what they’ve been missing. (11-5) Browns route (6-10) Jets, clinching playoffs. @antwanstaley https://t.co/1PifDfDbKu
Joe Flacco completed 13 of 17 passes taking over 2.5 seconds for 283 yards in the first half, the 4th-most in any half since 2016. Flacco leads the NFL in completions (73), yards (1,195) and TD passes (9) over 2.5 seconds since taking over in Week 13. #NYJvsCLE | #DawgPound https://t.co/LTBoQ66StV
FINAL: @JoeFlacco and the @Browns punch their ticket to the postseason! #NYJvsCLE https://t.co/8WAAe5LZed
TD passes this season: ---> Joe Flacco: 13 New York Giants: 13 Carolina Panthers: 13 Pittsburgh Steelers: 12 Tennessee Titans: 12 New York Jets: 11 https://t.co/jZNZIR2Lel
Joe Flacco since taking over as the Browns' starting QB 🔥 ◽️ 254 yards, 2 TD ◽️ 311 yards, 3 TD ◽️ 374 yards, 2 TD ◽️ 368 yards, 3 TD ◽️ 309 yards, 3 TD https://t.co/bc6l0Zi9xs
Joe Flacco’s passing yards during the Browns 4 game win streak 🔥 311 🔥 374 🔥 368 🔥 309 https://t.co/SezTO0TXgc
Joe Flacco's comeback tour de force continued Thursday as the veteran spurred the Browns to a win over the Jets, clinching a postseason berth along the way https://t.co/IEX3aEBWGO https://t.co/vP1sRMleSE
My #Browns column: With Joe Flacco on fire, playoff-bound Cleveland is a fun, incredible, feel-good story https://t.co/FrXGWLI46Z
Cleveland defeats the Jets 34-20. The Browns are playoff bound 🚀 https://t.co/OvkMGwtWKU
Joe Flacco leads the Browns to the playoffs with a win over the Jets. That’s such a crazy statement
Browns win and get in to AFC playoffs, 37-20. via TLOD https://t.co/VLuCVpmnyY
Joe Flacco becomes the first QB in 33 games to throw for 300+ yards against the Jets. 👏👀 https://t.co/xcp9tjJwEW
The Cleveland Browns have punched their ticket to the NFL Playoffs with a 37-20 victory over the Jets! #DawgPound https://t.co/oHIMPBbxFR
Joe Flacco the last 4 weeks: 100/161 1,362 YDS 11 TDS 4 wins Elite. https://t.co/VhjbYPNLq0
Joe Flacco is the first player in NFL history to have 250 Pass yds and multiple Pass TD in each of his first five games with a franchise. #Jets
Joe Flacco has been nothing short of ELITE in his first five games with the Browns 👀 https://t.co/GI746dRsMH
#Jets turn fumble and penalty into 44-yard FG. #Browns 34, Jets 20 with 8:50 left.
Joe Flacco is the first QB in NFL history to have at least 250 passing yards and multiple passing TDs in each of his first five games with a new franchise. @ESPNStatsInfo #Browns
End of 3rd Q: #Browns 34, #Jets 17. Cleveland a quarter away from clinching playoff berth.
End 3Q: Browns 34 #Jets 17
Flacco is now with 303 yards. He is the first QB to throw for at least 300 yards against the Jets since Tom Brady did during the 2021 season. https://t.co/rqQdlXv62z
Now four straight games of 300+ yards for Flacco https://t.co/BwxFGRy9tb
Zuerlein's 31-yard FG attempt is blocked. Remains Browns 34, #Jets 17
The Jets haven’t had a quarterback throw for 300 yards on them in 33 games. Already at 296, Joe Flacco probably gets there on his first throw of the second half.
Joe Flacco in the 1st-half vs the Jets: 16/22 Passing 296 Passing Yards 3 TD’s FLACCO IS ELITE 🗣️ https://t.co/1GNYITR8pi
Joe Flacco at HALFTIME 🔸 16 completions 🔸 296 yards 🔸 3 TDs 🔸 135.4 passer rating (📸 @Browns) https://t.co/seGFnnAdZo
Touchdown passes this season: Joe Flacco 13 New York Jets 11 (Flacco didn't play his first game until Dec. 3) https://t.co/dlKWPc1fVc
Joe Flacco is COOKING 🔥 16/22 296 YDS 3 TD Browns are UP 34-17 at half https://t.co/1T5Oz5aI11
Browns vs. Jets instant analysis: Jets get field goal to end first half, trail by 17 https://t.co/p8njRC0CuJ via @beaconjournal
Joe Flacco in the first half: 16/22 for 296 yards, three touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 135.4.
Before the #Browns, no team called Joe Flacco to bring him in for a workout. Tonight: 16 of 22 for 296 yards with 3 TDs and a 135.4 passer rating… in the first half.
Joe Flacco in the first half: ▫️ 16/22 ▫️ 296 Yards ▫️ 3 TD ▫️ 135.4 Pass RTG https://t.co/UkX6HlpzHR
HALFTIME: @Browns with 34 points through 2 quarters. #NYJvsCLE on Prime Video Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/N4HZXoYgli https://t.co/fYJD8Dtw9z
Joe Flacco's 203rd career game. He just threw for 296 yards in the first half - his highest total ever. Also the second-highest total for any QB in a first half this year (Mahomes threw for 321 against the Chargers in Week 7).
What a half of football for Joe Flacco: 🏈 16/22 Comp/Att 🏈 296 Passing Yards 🏈 3 Touchdowns 🏈 1 Interception #DawgPound https://t.co/sYpjIrAeAA
Joe Flacco at the half: 🔥296 Passing Yards 🔥3 Touchdowns HE’S HIM 🗣️ https://t.co/QgDX41lHlg
Cleveland 34, Jets 17 at halftime. Greg Zuerlein hits a 46-yard FG as time expired.
#Browns Moore being eval'd for head injury. 34-17 at half after #Jets Zuerlein's 46 FG as time expires in half.
Joe Flacco at the half: 16/22 for 296 yards 3 touchdowns 135.4 passer rating https://t.co/pvecJaznvw
Zuerlein kicks a 46-yarder as time expires in the first half. #Jets trail Browns 34-17.
#Jets end half with 46-yard FG. #Browns lead 34-17 at halftime.
It's Joe Flacco's world 😳 He has thrown for the most yards in his career in one half tonight (296) https://t.co/rfoUqcc0nb
The Jets have gone 33 straight games without allowing a 300-yard passer. Flacco at 296. I don't think the #Jets streak is going to survive the night.
JOE FLACCO WITH HIS 3RD TD PASS OF THE HALF ‼️ (via @NFL) https://t.co/QVd7nNS8FF
No QB has thrown for more than 275 yards against the Jets this year. Only one QB has thrown for more than 2 TDS. JOE FLACCO did both in the First Half!!! https://t.co/TLvjVA3yez
Joe Flacco is four yards away from 300 at halftime. The Jets haven't allowed a 300 yard passer in 33 games.
Entering tonight, the Jets had not allowed more than 280 passing yards in a game this season. Joe Flacco has 296 yards...in the first half
Joe Flacco has thrown for 296 yards with 3 TDs and a pick-6. The only other QB to do that in a first half since at least 1991 was Peyton Manning on Sept. 23, 2001 vs Bills (324 yards, 4 TDs, 1 pick-6)
I’m lost for words. Joe Flacco with 296 yards and three touchdowns in the first half https://t.co/vFOpmxmqNc
Jets passing yards per game allowed: 168.6 Joe Flacco in the first half without Amari Cooper: 296
Browns QB Joe Flacco: 16-of-22, 296 yards, 3 TDs, INT. There’s 1:25 left in the first half. Unreal.
Joe Flacco is the first player in NFL history to record at least 250 passing yards and two touchdown passes in each of his first five games with a team.
Flacco (296) has more yards in one half vs. Jets than Deshaun Watson's had in any of his 12 starts for Cleveland.
Joe Flacco has the most TD passes.. 12.. and most INTs thrown..8..since he became the @Browns starting QB week 13
#Browns 27, #Jets 14 with 2:02 left in half.
This is ... uh, wild: This is the 3rd time in 5 games with the Browns that Joe Flacco has thrown for 200 yards and 2 TD before halftime. Every other Browns QB since 1999 has combined to do that 3 times total (all by Baker Mayfield).
Joe Flacco’s second TD pass gives Browns 27-7 lead. https://t.co/YpRS1ALNtS
Joe Flacco so far tonight: • 13/18 • 215 passing yards • 2 TDs • 0 INTs • 149.1 passer rating #elite https://t.co/kmgVIrjs26
Flacco has 215 passing yards with over 6:00 to play in the 1st half. He needs just 85 the rest of the game to become the 1st @BrownsQB ever to throw for 300 yards in 4 straight games https://t.co/a2xTsFxeQz
The #Jets have not allowed 300 yards passing in 33 consecutive games, the NFL’s longest active streak. Joe Flacco already has 215 in the 2nd quarter.
Flacco to Moore for the score 🗣️ Browns lead by 20 (via @NFL) https://t.co/AuaVDp3Pht
Joe Flacco might already be one of the best quarterbacks in Browns history? This is incredible
Flacco to Elijah Moore for an 8-yard TD and the Browns lead the #Jets 27-7 now with 6:15 left in 2Q.
The Jets have not allowed a 300-yard passer in 33 games, which is the longest streak in the NFL. Joe Flacco in the first half already has 215 yards and two touchdowns
#Browns 27, #Jets 7 with 6:15 left in half.
I feel a fourth straight 300-yard passing game coming on for #Browns Joe Flacco. 128 in 1Q
Browns 20, Jets 7 at the end of the first quarter
End of 1st Q: #Browns 20, #Jets 7
Siemian with a pick-6 ... Hickman returns an INT 30 yards for a TD and the Browns lead the #Jets 20-7 with 2:01 left in 1Q.
#Browns Riley Patterson makes this PAT. Browns 20, #Jets 7 with 2:01 left in 1st Q.
Browns go for it on fourth-and-4 and Flacco throws incomplete. #Jets D holds.
.@Browns get the ball back on the ensuing kickoff! #NYJvsCLE on Prime Video Also available on #NFLPlus https://t.co/N4HZXoYgli https://t.co/ay2XVr7F9i
#Jets fumble kickoff, #Browns recover.
Jets-Browns tied at 7-7 with 8:06 left in the first quarter after Breece Hall's 21-yard touchdown reception
Siemian to Hall for 21 yards and a TD. #Jets tie Browns 7-7 with 8:06 left in 1Q. NY's first opening-drive TD this season.
Joe Flacco leads the Browns down the field to kick things off with a TD! (via NFL, Prime) https://t.co/mySFwGYv4D
#Browns 7, #Jets 7 with 8:06 left in 1st Q.
Joe Flacco leads the Browns down the field to kick things off with a TD! (via NFL) https://t.co/mySFwGYv4D
First drive of the game - Joe Flacco: 🔥 3 Completions 🔥 74 Passing Yards 🔥 Touchdown https://t.co/LJLOjuWiA5
Joe Flacco is fired up after leading the Browns to an opening drive TD 😤 (via @Browns) https://t.co/7HydF9dn5n
Joe Flacco on the 1st drive: 3-4 71 PASS YDS 1 TD https://t.co/ODX63MZYHf
Joe Flacco CARVED up the Jets defense on the opening drive as the Browns lead by 7 🐶 🎥: @NFL https://t.co/QjsaBj1WvE
Joe Flacco's first drive vs. Jets 3/4 71 yards TD (via @NFL) https://t.co/f7SnaIFOkd
Flacco has 11 TD passes in 4+ games. The Jets' QBs have 10 for the entire season. #Jets
Joe Flacco marches the Browns down the field ... TD pass to Jerome Ford and Cleveland leads the #Jets 7-0 with 11:10 left in 1Q.
Riley Patterson good on PAT, #Browns 7, #Jets 0 with 11:10 left in 1st Q.
Touchdown passes this season: Joe Flacco 11 New York Jets 10 (Flacco didn't play his first game until Dec. 3)
"Joe Flacco is just the second quarterback in Cleveland history to throw for 300 yards or more in three straight games, joining Josh McCown." Two 🐐s (and very Browns that both were over 35 years old at the time) https://t.co/h5Ixe1qFct
Joe Flacco has as many passing TDs in 4 games as all the Jets QBs have combined for this season 😳 https://t.co/PEwUOkOr18
Joe Flacco's averaging over 300 yards a game! https://t.co/F6N5Em02dy
With a win tonight vs the Jets, Joe Flacco and the Browns can clinch a playoff berth 👀 #DawgPound | #NYJvsCLE https://t.co/0uh9Ozdmhc
#Browns QB Joe Flacco has thrown for 300+ yards in 3 straight games for the 1st time in his #NFL career. 🔥 Will the 38-year-old make it 4 in a row vs. the #Jets tonight? #DawgPound | #TakeFlight https://t.co/wf9whdtlT3
ICYMI: Joe Flacco faces Jets, his former team, with chance to push surging Browns into AFC playoffs (from @AP) https://t.co/UUGhOeN4lC