Jeff Lloyd
Cleveland should have no problem with a Jets team that is showing zero intent on winning after Tuesday’s deadline deals. Quinshon Judkins should lead the best rushing performance of the season for the Browns. Hopefully, the play calling switch opens the passing game, allowing for a more balanced attack. The Browns need to get up early so that the defense can play to their strength of pinning their ears back and harassing the opposition’s quarterback.
Browns 30, Jets 6
Jack Duffin
It would be great to see the Browns have a statement win, even if it’s against a Jets team that traded away half of their starters over the last week. There is a world where they could go 4-2 over the next six if everything comes together.
Part of me still would like the Browns to be really close in games, play well, but find some way to lose, as getting a quarterback for the next 10+ years is more important than a couple more wins in 2025.
The dream remains one of Gabriel and Sanders working it out, but I’m not holding my breath. Growth of young players across the roster can certainly happen over the rest of the season.
Browns 23, Jets 13
Fred Greetham
If ever a game was set up for the Browns to win, it is this week, as the Jets made bold moves at the trade deadline in a race to the bottom with the Browns and other teams to try to put themselves in a position to draft a quarterback in the spring of 2026. With a win this week, the Browns might win in the short term, but it could end up costing them in next year's draft.
Browns 27, Jets 13
Joe Cantz
The Jets just made their intentions crystal clear, trading away high-end pieces to acquire a ton of draft capital. They’re in flat-out tank mode. The Browns tend to win these games that ultimately cost them draft placement, and this week will be no different. They don’t cross the 17-point threshold, but don’t need to, as the Jets are playing for the number one overall pick.
Browns 17, Jets 10
Barry McBride
Those who are expecting a clean sweep of Browns predictions in this column underestimate how much I like to apply the Constanza Method to everything I do, and how experienced I am at watching the Browns do the Brownsiest thing possible at any given moment. Losing to the free-falling Jets would, indeed, be the Brownsiest possible thing, but would pay off with a higher draft pick in April. Yep, we’re there again.
More seriously, I’m concerned about how well the Browns contain Hall/Fields’ rushes outside the tackles, the team’s horrible play on the road, and the fact that the people who fill in for Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams will still be NFL players and not traffic cones.
I genuinely believe that the Browns should win (handily), but I’m not calling it that way until I see them do it against a team not named after aquatic mammals.
Jets 24, Browns 22