Tag: D’Ernest Johnson

D’Ernest Johnson runs wild in leading Browns to victory over Broncos

Johnson ran all over the Broncos in leading the Browns to a win in his first career start

The Cleveland Browns are noted for having the best one-two running back punch in the NFL in Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. On Thursday night, D’Ernest Johnson proved that the punch goes even deeper.

Johnson ran for a career-high 146 yards on 22 carries in his first career NFL start in leading the Browns to a 17-14 win over the visiting Denver Broncos. The fourth-year reserve had a phenomenal game filling in for the injured Chubb and Hunt, also catching two passes for 22 yards.

“It’s unexplainable,” Johnson told the FOX Sports crew after the game. “The O-line did a great job setting things up for me.”

Johnson took quite a path to helping the Browns break a two-game slide. Undrafted in 2018 out of South Florida, Johnson worked as a fisherman while also getting his professional football career started in the now-defunct AAF. When that league fell apart, he latched onto the Browns practice squad.

He showed Cleveland glimpses with a nice performance in last year’s shootout with Dallas, but this was Johnson’s first time as the featured performer. His banged-up team needed every one of his first downs.

Cleveland outplayed Denver on both sides of the ball but struggled to convert yards into points. After Denver cut the lead to a field goal late, coach Kevin Stefanski had no qualms about trusting Johnson to run the clock out. Johnson responded with 56 rushing yards on six carries, racking up four first downs. Mission accomplished.

12 waiver-wire targets in fantasy football for Week 7

The bye-pocalypse is here! Here are 12 players to target on the waiver wire in fantasy football for Week 7.

We are now officially one-third of the way through the 2021 season and fantasy football managers will be tasked with their most difficult choices yet.

It’s been hard enough dealing with injuries and the underwhelming performances of a few fantasy studs. But now an entirely different factor is thrown into the mix for Week 7.

Dread it. Run from it. It still arrives all the same. And now, the bye-pocalypse is here.

Fantasy managers got a taste of what the bye weeks bring and now we’re getting thrown into the fire with several elite teams on a bye. Those six teams are the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Yeah. A lot of fantasy firepower will be sitting on the bench this week.

But that’s why we’re were. To navigate you through these vast decisions. This is where good fantasy managers separate themselves from the rest of the league. By using the waiver wire to your advantage.

To be eligible for the waiver wire, a player cannot be rostered in more than 50% of ESPN leagues. Don’t be afraid to hit me up on Twitter (@KevinHickey11) with any questions either!

So without further ado, here are 12 waiver-wire targets in Week 7 for fantasy football:

5 Takeaways from the Browns Week 12 win over the Jaguars

On Baker Mayfield, the return game, the pass rush and more

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It’s Victory Monday for Browns fans everywhere, and that is a cause for celebration. In beating the Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-25, the Browns elevated themselves to 8-3 and the top of the AFC Wild Card race after Week 12.

Yet the way the team played on Sunday in eking past a 1-10 team starting its third-string quarterback and without several regular defensive starters, it’s hard to feel celebratory about Cleveland. In that spirit, I rewatched the broadcast feed of the game on Monday morning to make sure my snap judgments on Sunday held up.

Here’s what I took away from the Browns’ win over the Jaguars.