Orlando Sentinel

Trap? Jags can't overlook Browns

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to keep the focus on. We know that we are going to get the best of the Cleveland Browns. They have been in a lot of tight games.”

Four of Cleveland's losses have been by three points, and last week the Browns were tied with Detroit in the fourth quarter before their defense collapsed.

The Browns are capable of springing an upset, and although they don't need any extra motivation to avoid a 0-16 season, Jaguars safety Tashaun Gipson gave them some.

Gipson, who spent four seasons in Cleveland, predicted the Jaguars would “hang” 40 points on the Browns and shut them out. Gipson also ripped Cleveland's front office for not re-signing him, said he sympathize­d with his friends still playing there, and predicted his former team would “probably go 0-16.”

While he regretted the “0-16” comment, Gipson stood by the others and several Browns felt he went too far.

“Anybody would be disrespect­ed from that,” said Browns defensive tackle Danny Shelton. “So we just gotta go out there and play our game, be dominant.”

Mother Nature could give the Browns an added edge. With temperatur­es expected to be in the low 30s and a 60 percent chance of rain or snow, the warm-weather Jaguars will have to deal with some unfamiliar external elements.

“You take a little hit and it hurts,” said Jags running back Leonard Fournette, a Louisiana native who has been slowed by an ankle injury. “I hate the cold, period. I sleep in heat. That's just how I grew up. Mentally, I'm trying to get my mind ready.”

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