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Wk 5 · 2026

Cleveland Browns at New York Jets — Sun, Oct 11

Sun, Oct 11 · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ · CBS

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 44 days away. 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.
AFC North · no games yet
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NYJ -1.5 · total 39.5 DraftKings opened -2.5 · 1 toward CLE
Ratings differential NYJ by 0.8
AFC East · no games yet

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

Browns: -4.7#29
Efficiency margin
Jets: -5.7#30
Browns: -4.8#32
Offense
Jets: -4.5#31
Browns: +0.0#16
Defense
Jets: -1.2#25
Browns: 16.4
Points / game
Jets: 17.6
Browns: 22.3
Points allowed / game
Jets: 29.6
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

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Jets form

No completed games on record.

Browns this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Jets this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
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

OpponentBrownsJets
Titans
AFC
at Wk 7 · scheduled previewat Wk 1 · scheduled preview
Raiders
AFC
vs Wk 12 · scheduled previewvs 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 8–5 · Jets won the last one
13 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 0.4 points toward Jets
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20252025-11-09Browns 2027 Jetsat NYJJets
20232023-12-28Jets 2037 Brownsat CLEBrowns
20222022-09-18Jets 3130 Brownsat CLEJets
20202020-12-27Browns 1623 Jetsat NYJJets
20192019-09-16Browns 233 Jetsat NYJBrowns
20182018-09-20Jets 1721 Brownsat CLEBrowns
20172017-10-08Jets 1714 Brownsat CLEJets
20162016-10-30Jets 3128 Brownsat CLEJets
20152015-09-13Browns 1031 Jetsat NYJJets
20132013-12-22Browns 1324 Jetsat NYJJets
20102010-11-14Jets 2620 Brownsat CLEJets
20072007-12-09Browns 2418 Jetsat NYJBrowns
20062006-10-29Jets 1320 Brownsat CLEBrowns

Browns leaders 2025 regular season

PassingShedeur Sanders QB #2120/212, 1400 YDS, 7 TD, 10 INT
Dillon Gabriel QB #6110/185, 937 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT
RushingQuinshon Judkins RB #10230 CAR, 827 YDS, 7 TD
Dylan Sampson RB #2265 CAR, 175 YDS
Shedeur Sanders QB #221 CAR, 169 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingHarold Fannin Jr. TE #4472 REC, 731 YDS, 6 TD
Jerry Jeudy WR #350 REC, 602 YDS, 2 TD
Isaiah Bond WR #018 REC, 338 YDS
David Njoku TE #8333 REC, 293 YDS, 4 TD
Defense
TacklesCarson Schwesinger LB #49156
Devin Bush LB #12125
Ronnie Hickman S #33103
SacksMyles Garrett DE #9523
Maliek Collins DT #966.5
Alex Wright DE #915.5
InterceptionsDevin Bush LB #123
Ronnie Hickman S #332
Carson Schwesinger LB #492

Jets leaders 2025 regular season

PassingJustin Fields QB #6128/204, 1259 YDS, 7 TD, 1 INT
Tyrod Taylor QB #680/134, 779 YDS, 5 TD, 5 INT
RushingBreece Hall RB #20243 CAR, 1065 YDS, 4 TD
Justin Fields QB #671 CAR, 383 YDS, 4 TD
Isaiah Davis RB #3243 CAR, 236 YDS, 1 TD
ReceivingGarrett Wilson WR #536 REC, 395 YDS, 4 TD
Mason Taylor TE #8544 REC, 369 YDS, 1 TD
Breece Hall RB #2036 REC, 350 YDS, 1 TD
Adonai Mitchell WR #1524 REC, 301 YDS, 2 TD
Defense
TacklesJamien Sherwood LB #44154
Malachi Moore S #27101
Quincy Williams LB #583
SacksWill McDonald IV DE #98
Jowon Briggs DT #914
Quincy Williams LB #53.5
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.