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CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 27: Jameis Winston #5 of the Cleveland Browns watches the third quarter of the game against the Baltimore Ravens at Huntington Bank Stadium on October 27, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

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Jameis Winston had a strong performance for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, throwing for 334 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in his team’s stunning 29-24 upset win over the Baltimore Ravens.

Winston, who stepped into the starting role following Deshaun Watson’s season-ending Achilles injury, quoted a “white boy from Detroit named Eminem” in his postgame comments, rattling off the famous lyrics from the song “Lose Yourself” to describe the victory:

Even before Watson’s injury, some fans and experts believed the Browns should have turned to Winston as their starter given the incumbent’s abysmal play. Winston, who was the de facto third-string quarterback last week, also expressed confidence that he is still a capable starter.

“I see this as an opportunity to go out on the field and perform at my best,” he told reporters within a week. “And when I’m at my best, I’m a great starter in the NFL.”

At least Winston looked the part on Sunday, and all the people calling for Watson to be demoted and Winston promoted earlier in the season looked pretty smart.

In Cleveland’s first seven games, Watson threw for 1,148 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions while recording a whopping 33 sacks. On Sunday, Winston gained more than a third of that yardage, more than half of all touchdowns, and was sacked only twice.

Michael David Smith @MichaelDaveSmith

Jameis Winston played better today than Deshaun Watson has played in any game since he’s been with the Browns. Joe Flacco came out last year and had several games better than any game Watson played with the Browns.

Ralph Vacchiano @Ralph Vacchiano

Finals in Cleveland: Browns 29, Ravens 24
Jameis Winston: 27 of 41, 334 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT.
Lamar Jackson: 23 of 38, 289 yards, 2 TDs; 8 carries, 46 yards.
And Deshaun Watson’s $230 million, fully guaranteed contract does the impossible: it makes him look even more ridiculous than he already was.

Sam Monson @Sam MonsonNFL

Career 300-pass games for the Browns:
Joe Flacco (couch): 5 (including playoffs)
Jameis Winston (one start): 1
Deshaun Watson: 0

More importantly, he avoided the biggest kryptonite of his career: turnover.

“I thought he played well,” head coach Kevin Stefanski. told reporters after the game. “I thought the defense was excellent all day. I thought the guys really pulled it off. And I thought he nailed his readings and the guys opened up. He made the right decisions. It wasn’t perfect, he’s not going to Play perfect, I’m not going to coach perfect, but I thought he played well.”

It was as if Winston found out he was going to start and said to himself, “Now this looks like a job for me. So that’s it, just follow me.”

And the result was dubbing.