Mike Tierney
NFL
CLEVELAND BROWNS @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS | 8/14 | 7 p.m. ET
CLEVELAND +2.5
It did not take long for Trevor Lawrence fever to kick in. The rookie QB has yet to take a snap outside of practice, yet the Jaguars are yielding points in his coming-out party. Nor has new coach Urban Meyer called a play in the pros. If this were a regular season meeting, the Super Bowl-minded Browns would be clear favorites over a team just trying to win a game. Cleveland does have a pair of starters on the mend from injury, but so what? DE Myles Garrett and CB Denzel Ward would have been limited regardless. The Browns are eighth on the Super Bowl champion odds board in part because of depth. The Jags can be found near the bottom, even with the irrational exuberance surrounding the boy wonder Lawrence
