MMQB Week 15: Bucs, Texans and Browns Prove Everybody Wrong About Their QBs

Links to all of our coverage from NFL Sunday, including conversations with Joe Flacco, Baker Mayfield, Zac Taylor, Case Keenum, Jordan Poyer, Chris Tabor and more.
MMQB Week 15: Bucs, Texans and Browns Prove Everybody Wrong About Their QBs
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Welcome to Week 15 of the 2023 NFL season here at The MMQB. Below are links to everything Albert Breer wrote over the weekend, plus more from our staff.

Cleveland Has Become Perfect for Joe Flacco ... and Vice Versa

Joe Flacco throws the football
Flacco saw a silver lining when his phone didn’t ring this spring or summer, he says :: Scott Galvin/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer hears from the Browns’ newest quarterback on what it’s like to be guiding a team to the playoffs in 2023.


The Buccaneers Are Allowing Baker Mayfield to Be the Best Version of Himself

Baker Mayfield looks up wearing a winter hat
Mayfield is looking more like his Heisman-winning self than ever :: Jeff Hanisch/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer talks to the Tampa Bay quarterback about how he’s been empowered this season.


NFL Week 15 Takeaways: Texans Are Building a Powerhouse

Dalton Schultz celebrates receiving a pass against the Titans, holding the ball up from the ground
Keenum says C.J. Stroud has a chance to be an all-time great :: Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean/USA TODAY Network

Albert Breer talks to fill-in QB Case Keenum about why Houston feels like its on the verge of something big.


More From the MMQB Staff: 

Kevin Stefanski stands looking to the side wearing a Browns hat and sweatshirt
The Cleveland coach has been a constant in his team’s subtle rise from ineptitude :: Ken Blaze/USA TODAY Sports

Conor Orr: Thanks to Kevin Stefanski, Browns Are No Longer Defined by the Past

Greg Bishop: Brock Purdy Is the NFL Story That Never Ceases to Get Better

Gilberto Manzano: Jaguars’ Self-Inflicted Wounds Open Up AFC South Race

Gilberto Manzano: Fact or Fiction: Raiders’ Interim Coach Will Be Back in 2024

Gilberto Manzano: What We Learned: Rams Jump Back Into Playoff Picture

Matt Verderame: Week 15 Game-by-Game Recap: Texans Stay in Playoff Position

Matt Verderame: NFL Week 15 Playoff Picture: 49ers Clinch NFC West


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Albert Breer
ALBERT BREER

Albert Breer is a senior writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated, delivering the biggest stories and breaking news from across the league. He has been on the NFL beat since 2005 and joined SI in 2016. Breer began his career covering the New England Patriots for the MetroWest Daily News and the Boston Herald from 2005 to '07, then covered the Dallas Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News from 2007 to '08. He worked for The Sporting News from 2008 to '09 before returning to Massachusetts as The Boston Globe's national NFL writer in 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Breer served as a national reporter for NFL Network. In addition to his work at Sports Illustrated, Breer regularly appears on NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, FS1 with Colin Cowherd, The Rich Eisen Show and The Dan Patrick Show. A 2002 graduate of Ohio State, Breer lives near Boston with his wife, a cardiac ICU nurse at Boston Children's Hospital, and their three children.