CLEVELAND — The best day of DeShone Kizer’s young career was followed by perhaps one of the toughest.
The Browns’ rookie quarterback struggled in Sunday’s 19-7 loss to the Jaguars a week after putting together something of a breakout performance in Detroit last weekend.
Kizer, who showed promise against the Lions despite highs and lows this season, took a step backward against a Jacksonville team that flustered him on a blustery, snowy afternoon and held Cleveland to a season-worst 184 yards.
“It hurts. I’m trying to do whatever I can to string together some games and continue to prove my development to my teammates and to continue to earn the respect of them,” Kizer said in his postgame news conference.