Jake Browning Week 5 Outlook - Lions at Bengals

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Oct 2nd 2025, 1:05pm EDT

Jake Browning has been horrible in his two starts in relief of Joe Burrow as the QB29 and QB32 in fantasy. In his defense, drawing the Vikings and Broncos for your first two starts of the 2025 season is about as bad as you can ask for. Among 38 qualifying quarterbacks, Browning ranks 28th in yards per attempt, 37th in CPOE and catchable target rate, and 27th in highly accurate throw rate. This week's matchup against Detroit is the easiest one he has faced so far, with D.J. Reed out and Terrion Arnold banged up. He should be able to post strong QB2 numbers this week. Detroit has allowed the eighth-highest yards per attempt and the 14th-highest passer rating while ranking 15th in CPOE and 16th in pressure rate.