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Browns at Jets

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · 17:00 UTC
Cleveland Browns logo
Cleveland
Browns
3-1 · W3
12
@
New York Jets logo
New York
Jets
1-3 · L3
17
Cleveland Browns to win 61% win probability · projected 23–20 · Solid

Result & Grading

Published before kickoff, graded after. No edits, no quiet deletions.

Final score
12–17
CLE at NYJ
Our pick
CLE ✗
Missed
Margin error
8.5
points from our projection
Against the spread
Missed ✗
vs line of NYJ −2.5

Pre-Game Win Probabilities

From the engine's power ratings, adjusted for home field and rest, then mapped through the margin distribution. Not a blend of the market — this is our own number.

CLE 61%
NYJ 39%
Projected score
23–20
CLE at NYJ
Projected margin
-3.5
home perspective
Projected total
43.3
combined points
Confidence
Solid
published before kickoff

Engine vs The Line

We disagree with the market here. Worth knowing: across 1,139 backtested games our disagreements were right 41% of the time. We publish them regardless — and we publish how they land.

8th Day Engine
Cleveland Browns
by 3.5 points · total 43.3
Closing line
New York Jets
by 2.5 points · total 39.5

Matchup Facts

Venue and rest come from the schedule feed and feed directly into the model; surface and weather are context we show but don't yet model.

Venue
MetLife Stadium
Roof
Outdoors
Rest · CLE
10 days
Rest · NYJ
7 days
QB · CLE
Deshaun Watson
QB · NYJ
Geno Smith

Recent Form

Last five completed games this season, most recent first.

Cleveland Browns

W vs PIT 27–24
W vs CAR 21–18
W @ TB 23–19
L @ JAX 10–34

New York Jets

L @ CHI 12–23
L @ DET 24–31
L vs GB 17–20
W @ TEN 23–10

Season Scoring

Points per game either side of the ball, 2026 season to date.

CLE · scored
20.3
per game · 4 played
CLE · allowed
23.8
per game
NYJ · scored
19.0
per game · 4 played
NYJ · allowed
21.0
per game

How The Model Sees It

Our rating has Cleveland Browns as the stronger side by 116 rating points, which on its own is worth about 4.6 points on the scoreboard (CLE 1,464, NYJ 1,348).

Home field adds 1.4 points to NYJ — a measured figure from our backtest, not the traditional three, because home advantage in the modern NFL is considerably smaller than it used to be. Rest shifts it a further -0.3 points (CLE 10 days, NYJ 7).

That lands on a projected margin of -3.5, and running that through the historical spread of actual results against projections gives Cleveland Browns at 61%.

The market disagrees. The closing line makes New York Jets the favourite by 2.5. Our engine sees only results — it has no view on injuries, roster changes or who a team has signed. When we split from the line, history says we're wrong more often than right, and we show you that rather than dressing the disagreement up as an edge.

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