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Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints

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CLE@NO NO -2.5 · O/U 42.5
CLE
Sunday 2026-11-08
1:00pm
CBS
Indoors
NO
How to attack
CLE offense vs NO defense
  • Run the ballShakyNO ranks 32nd vs the run (4.7 per carry). Quinshon Judkins has 47% of the backs' carries lately (10 a game).
    • Without DE Carl Granderson (wk 4): 6.3 per carry on 33 carries; with him 4.3 on 150; expected back
    • Quinshon Judkins: 90 carries here, 3.5 per carry, 31% successful (league 3.9, 40%)
    • NO allowed more than league average per carry in 5 of 7 games
    • Jaleel McLaughlin: 11 carries here, 6.5 per carry, 55% successful (league 3.9, 40%)
    Angleno rush yds line posted yet for Quinshon Judkins (the data leans over). Weak case: the read is Shaky.
  • Get the tight end involvedShakyNO ranks 28th vs tight ends in EPA per target: 73% caught, 7.7 yds per target, 68 per game. Best fits: Harold Fannin Jr. (20% of targets).
    • Without LB Danny Stutsman (wk 7): 4.8 yds per target on 5 targets; with him 8.8 on 40; expected back
    • Harold Fannin Jr. on these targets: 39, 64% caught, 6.6 yds each (league 72%, 7.1)
    • Two big plays make it (28 yds wk 4 vs ATL, 24 wk 6 vs NYG); without them 7.1 (league 7.1)
    • NO allowed more than league average per target in 3 of 7 games
    Angleno rec yds line posted yet for Harold Fannin Jr. (the data leans over). Weak case: the read is Shaky.
  • Attack the deep leftSolidNO gives up 18.2 yds per target to the deep left (32nd, 17 targets). Denzel Boston has 7 targets there this season.
    • Denzel Boston on these targets: 7, 29% caught, 12.7 yds each (league 40%, 10.9)
    • Mostly one game: wk 6 vs NYG, 32.3 yds per target on 3
    • NO allowed more than league average per target in 3 of 4 games
    • Last 2 games NO allowed 24.7 per target; 12.4 before
    Angleno rec yds line posted yet for Denzel Boston (the data leans over).
Motivation & storylines
  • StakesCLE 5-2, 2nd in the AFC North; NO 2-5, 3rd in the NFC South (1.5 back).
  • HistoryLast met 2024 wk 11: NO 35-14 at NO -- first meeting since 2024.
  • SpotNO off a bye.
@ PITLast weekBye
vs HOUNext weekvs CAR
–OFF plays last game57
–DEF plays last game62
Miles flown, last 21 days
2,072 mi13th30th9,588 mi
Stats from games played through week 7
EPA rank · adjusted
25thOffense24th
10thDefense26th
Schedule-adjusted matchup edges
+2.5 CLE vs NO −2.5
12-personnel OFF*12 rate 29th9th31stDEF vs 12 personnel*
run DEF up front*11th31strun blocking*
early-down DEF7th26thearly-down OFF
early-down OFF14th32ndearly-down DEF
travel2,072 mi, 21 days13th30thtravel9,588 mi, 21 days
play-action OFFPA rate 27th26th7thplay-action DEF
More schedule-adjusted matchup stats
Every matchup area, ranked 1-32, adjusted for opponents. Coloured when the two ranks are more than 5 apart. Pace & tendencies are plain. * Sharp Football Analysis.
+2.5 CLE vs NO −2.5
CLE OFF vs NO DEF
11-personnel OFF*11 rate 4th15th28thDEF vs 11 personnel*
run OFF23rd32ndrun DEF
pass OFF19th25thpass DEF
OFF vs zone*11th17thzone coverage*zone rate 12th
protection vs no blitz32nd25thpass rush w/o blitz
big-play OFF24th24thbig-play DEF
pass protection*31st27thpass rush*
third-down OFF31st30ththird-down DEF
run blocking*25th26thrun DEF up front*
OFF vs the blitz21st20thblitzing DEFblitz rate 11th
OFF vs man*27th32ndman coverage*man rate 21st
CLE DEF vs NO OFF
pass DEF6th18thpass OFF
run DEF16th28thrun OFF
DEF vs 11 personnel*7th19th11-personnel OFF*11 rate 5th
pass rush*5th16thpass protection*
zone coverage*zone rate 32nd11th20thOFF vs zone*
blitzing DEFblitz rate 28th12th20thOFF vs the blitz
big-play DEF26th29thbig-play OFF
pass rush w/o blitz14th10thprotection vs no blitz
third-down DEF10th8ththird-down OFF
play-action DEF2nd7thplay-action OFFPA rate 32nd
man coverage*man rate 1st16th13thOFF vs man*
DEF vs 12 personnel*19th16th12-personnel OFF*12 rate 26th
Pace & tendencies
29.8s13thSeconds between snaps5th29.1s
62.721stPlays per game7th68.1
-0.8%17thPass rate over expected11th+0.3%
3%25thNo-huddle rate3rd14%
77%1stShotgun rate7th69%
54%23rdMotion rate11th62%
18%27thPlay-action rate32nd15%
3.06s8thTime to throw*25th2.70s
73%4th11 personnel*5th69%
14%29th12 personnel*26th18%
24%28thDEF blitz rate11th34%
49%1stDEF man rate*21st18%
64.917thPlays faced per game15th65.4
CLE away 2 ATS trends
NO home 1 ATS trend
Over / Under
2 trends

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