Wk 5 · 2026
Cleveland Browns at New York Jets — Sun, Oct 11
Sun, Oct 11 ·
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
· CBS FINAL
Weather
No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
at
1:00pET
NYJ -2.5 · total 38.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential CLE by 0.2
What is at stake
An AFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 AFC playoff places. Division standings.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Browns form
L 12-17at NYJW 27-24vs PITW 21-18vs CARW 23-19at TBL 10-34at JAX
2026 season
Jets form
W 17-12vs CLEL 12-23at CHIL 24-31at DETL 17-20vs GBW 23-10at TEN
2026 season
Browns this season
Straight up3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Against the spread3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Over / under3-2 · 60% (5 games)
Jets this season
Straight up2-3 · 40% (5 games)
Against the spread3-1-1 · 75% (5 games)
Over / under1-4 · 20% (5 games)
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 2
| Opponent | Browns | Jets |
|---|---|---|
| Titans AFC | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview | at W 23-10 preview |
| Raiders AFC | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 8 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Jets leads 9–5 · Jets has won the last 2
14 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.7 points toward Jets
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-10-11 | Browns 12 — 17 Jets | at NYJ | Jets |
| 2025 | 2025-11-09 | Browns 20 — 27 Jets | at NYJ | Jets |
| 2023 | 2023-12-28 | Jets 20 — 37 Browns | at CLE | Browns |
| 2022 | 2022-09-18 | Jets 31 — 30 Browns | at CLE | Jets |
| 2020 | 2020-12-27 | Browns 16 — 23 Jets | at NYJ | Jets |
| 2019 | 2019-09-16 | Browns 23 — 3 Jets | at NYJ | Browns |
| 2018 | 2018-09-20 | Jets 17 — 21 Browns | at CLE | Browns |
| 2017 | 2017-10-08 | Jets 17 — 14 Browns | at CLE | Jets |
| 2016 | 2016-10-30 | Jets 31 — 28 Browns | at CLE | Jets |
| 2015 | 2015-09-13 | Browns 10 — 31 Jets | at NYJ | Jets |
| 2013 | 2013-12-22 | Browns 13 — 24 Jets | at NYJ | Jets |
| 2010 | 2010-11-14 | Jets 26 — 20 Browns | at CLE | Jets |
| 2007 | 2007-12-09 | Browns 24 — 18 Jets | at NYJ | Browns |
| 2006 | 2006-10-29 | Jets 13 — 20 Browns | at CLE | Browns |
Browns leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Deshaun Watson QB #4 | 80/115, 855 YDS, 6 TD, 2 INT |
| Shedeur Sanders QB #2 | 1/1, 0 YDS | |
| Rushing | Quinshon Judkins RB #10 | 59 CAR, 177 YDS, 1 TD |
| Deshaun Watson QB #4 | 31 CAR, 127 YDS | |
| Jaleel McLaughlin RB #38 | 2 CAR, 31 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Denzel Boston WR #12 | 13 REC, 284 YDS, 2 TD |
| Harold Fannin Jr. TE #44 | 17 REC, 153 YDS, 3 TD | |
| KC Concepcion WR #1 | 17 REC, 144 YDS | |
| Quinshon Judkins RB #10 | 15 REC, 96 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Carson Schwesinger LB #49 | 35 |
| Ronnie Hickman S #33 | 24 | |
| Quincy Williams LB #5 | 23 | |
| Sacks | Mason Graham DT #94 | 4 |
| Isaiah McGuire DE #57 | 2 | |
| Maliek Collins DT #96 | 1 | |
| Interceptions | Denzel Ward CB #21 | 1 |
| Grant Delpit S #9 | 1 | |
| Ronnie Hickman S #33 | 1 |
Jets leaders 2026 regular season
| Passing | Geno Smith QB #7 | 85/117, 902 YDS, 5 TD |
| Rushing | Breece Hall RB #20 | 51 CAR, 163 YDS, 1 TD |
| Braelon Allen RB #0 | 33 CAR, 120 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Geno Smith QB #7 | 13 CAR, 36 YDS | |
| Receiving | Garrett Wilson WR #5 | 24 REC, 270 YDS, 2 TD |
| Kenyon Sadiq TE #16 | 12 REC, 143 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Isaiah Williams WR #18 | 10 REC, 135 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Adonai Mitchell WR #15 | 9 REC, 123 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Demario Davis LB #56 | 32 |
| Jamien Sherwood LB #44 | 31 | |
| Dane Belton S #6 | 30 | |
| Sacks | Demario Davis LB #56 | 2 |
| Kingsley Enagbare LB #52 | 2 | |
| David Bailey LB #31 | 2 | |
| Interceptions | Minkah Fitzpatrick S #29 | 1 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.