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Jared Mueller

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah shows upside in 3 plays

The Cleveland Browns second, third and fourth team players took care of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and most of their starters, quite easily on Saturday night. The offense was mostly crisp with Case Keenum and Kyle Lauletta running the show while the defense gave up yards but made some timely plays.

Without almost all of their starters (Andrew Billings may have been the only Week 1 starter to play), there was room for others to make a big impression.

The rookie class for the Browns did that with Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah shining the brightest. While the Notre Dame rookie looked small and had some trouble disengaging blocks, it was his speed that jumped off the screen on Saturday night. While he may never be a thudding, run-stopping middle linebacker, that isn’t what he will be asked to do.

Instead, it was the things he was drafted to do where he showed out against the Jaguars. Here are three plays that show the upside that led him to be a second-round pick that many believe was a steal to get him so low:

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