Myles Garrett will get the sack record. Once that is achieved, will the Browns keep him in the rest of the game? No matter, the Bengals will not operate like the Steelers did last week, and unlike Pittsburgh, Joe Burrow has weapons to stretch and take down the Cleveland defense. With Harold Fannin Jr. and Quinshon Judkins out, Shedeur Sanders is being asked to go head-to-head with Joe Burrow and cover against the Bengals on his own. Even with Cincinnati’s awful defense, that feels mighty unlikely. This line is going up, but the Bengals are the play up to -8, and they are a tremendous teaser leg down to -2.
The Bengals are playing their best football over the last month, covering four of five games since Joe Burrow returned. Cincinnati has proven the last last two weeks it still cares by winning meaningless games over Miami and Arizona by a combined score 82-35. The Browns had their Super Bowl last week by beating the Steelers and Shedeur Sanders is without his starting running back and two top tight ends today. Myles Garrett breaks the sack record but the Bengals roll at home.
Once more, cryptic comments this week from Joe Burrow; remember what happened right after his last similar quotes a few weeks ago, which seemed to deflate the whole Bengals team in a 24-0 loss to the Ravens. Yet Cincy has generally played with a sharper edge since Burrow returned to active duty Thanksgiving at Baltimore, covering four of five since, and winning the last two weeks vs. the Dolphins and Cardinals while scoring a combined 82 points. Burrow, who will play on Sunday, has also tossed 6 TDP passes against 0 interceptions the past two weeks. Meanwhile, can Cleveland, replicate the effort last week vs. the Steelers in the 13-6 upset? Note Shedeur Sanders has tossed seven picks across the past three weeks. Play Bengals
The Bengals have been playing much better football over the course of the last 5 games. Joe Burrow has the offense firing on all cylinders, and this once horrid Cincy defense has started to turn it around. The Browns will hit the road, where they are 6-18 ATS since 2023. Cleveland will be without both of their TEs, which could really hinder Shedeur Sanders. The Bengals blew out the Dolphins and Cardinals by 20+ in their last two games, and they can do the same to the Browns.
Bond is being evaluated for a possible concussion and is questionable to return to Saturday's preseason game against the Bills.
Wright (lower leg) is not expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Tillman (undisclosed) is not expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Wright (lower leg) is not expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Jeudy will not play in the Browns' preseason game against the Bills on Saturday, Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com reports.
Schwesinger (undisclosed) is not expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Judkins (undisclosed) is not expected to play in Saturday's preseason game against the Bills, Kelsey Russo of the Browns' official site reports.
Wright was carted off the practice field Thursday with an apparent lower leg injury, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
The Browns signed Biber on Thursday.
The Browns placed Stoll (undisclosed) on injured reserve Thursday.
