After starting QB Joe Burrow suffered a season-ending injury in 2023, Jake Browning made seven starts for the Bengals.

Bengals backup quarterback Jake Browning stepped up and led the Bengals to a 31-27 victory over the Jaguars and gave the team their first 2-0 start since 2018. One national analyst has an exorbitant amount of faith in the Bengals backup signal caller.

Browning comes from a football family, primarily through his father. Ed Browning played quarterback at Oregon State from 1987 to 1991. In his college career, Ed played in 14 total games over three seasons and produced just 527 passing yards, four touchdowns and five interceptions.

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CINCINNATI — Jake Browning had a calm demeanor at the podium on Sunday following one of the most up-and-down-an-up games of his football career. The Bengals' backup had to step in for a benged-up Joe Burrow on Sunday and led the team to a 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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As such, his backup, Jake Browning, has significant experience and has fared reasonably well in them. That includes Sunday's performance, when Browning overcame three interceptions to lead Cincinnati to a win, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a quarterback sneak with 18 seconds left.

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Browning has a chance to cement himself as the best Bengals backup option ever by going around .500 or better over the next three months and seeing what happens from there. The task starts against Minnesota this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.