Wk 17 · 2026
Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns — Sun, Jan 3
Sun, Jan 3 ·
Huntington Bank Field, Cleveland, OH
· FOX
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 128 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 South · no games yet
at
1:00pET
IND -2.5 · total 43.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential IND by 2.4
AFC North · 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
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.
Colts form
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Browns form
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Colts 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.
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.
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 · 7
| Opponent | Colts | Browns |
|---|---|---|
| Ravens AFC | vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview |
| Texans AFC | vs Wk 3 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| Steelers AFC | at Wk 5 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 4 · scheduled preview |
| Titans AFC | vs Wk 6 · scheduled preview | at Wk 7 · scheduled preview |
| Jaguars AFC | at Wk 8 · scheduled preview | at Wk 1 · scheduled preview |
| Giants NFC | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview | at Wk 15 · scheduled preview |
| Bengals AFC | vs Wk 16 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 13 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Colts leads 4–3 · Browns has won the last 2
7 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.9 points toward Browns
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2023-10-22 | Browns 39 — 38 Colts | at IND | Browns |
| 2020 | 2020-10-11 | Colts 23 — 32 Browns | at CLE | Browns |
| 2017 | 2017-09-24 | Browns 28 — 31 Colts | at IND | Colts |
| 2014 | 2014-12-07 | Colts 25 — 24 Browns | at CLE | Colts |
| 2012 | 2012-10-21 | Browns 13 — 17 Colts | at IND | Colts |
| 2011 | 2011-09-18 | Browns 27 — 19 Colts | at IND | Browns |
| 2008 | 2008-11-30 | Colts 10 — 6 Browns | at CLE | Colts |
Colts leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Daniel Jones QB #17 | 261/384, 3101 YDS, 19 TD, 8 INT |
| Philip Rivers QB #17 | 58/92, 544 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT | |
| Rushing | Jonathan Taylor RB #28 | 323 CAR, 1585 YDS, 18 TD |
| Daniel Jones QB #17 | 45 CAR, 164 YDS, 5 TD | |
| DJ Giddens RB #21 | 26 CAR, 96 YDS | |
| Receiving | Alec Pierce WR #14 | 47 REC, 1003 YDS, 6 TD |
| Tyler Warren TE #84 | 76 REC, 817 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Michael Pittman Jr. WR #11 | 80 REC, 784 YDS, 7 TD | |
| Josh Downs WR #2 | 58 REC, 566 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Zaire Franklin LB #44 | 125 |
| Nick Cross S #25 | 120 | |
| Germaine Pratt LB #53 | 101 | |
| Sacks | Laiatu Latu DE #97 | 8.5 |
| DeForest Buckner DT #99 | 4 | |
| Kwity Paye DE #95 | 4 | |
| Interceptions | Cam Bynum S #0 | 4 |
| Laiatu Latu DE #97 | 3 | |
| Mekhi Blackmon CB #29 | 2 |
Browns leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Shedeur Sanders QB #2 | 120/212, 1400 YDS, 7 TD, 10 INT |
| Dillon Gabriel QB #6 | 110/185, 937 YDS, 7 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Quinshon Judkins RB #10 | 230 CAR, 827 YDS, 7 TD |
| Dylan Sampson RB #22 | 65 CAR, 175 YDS | |
| Shedeur Sanders QB #2 | 21 CAR, 169 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Harold Fannin Jr. TE #44 | 72 REC, 731 YDS, 6 TD |
| Jerry Jeudy WR #3 | 50 REC, 602 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Isaiah Bond WR #0 | 18 REC, 338 YDS | |
| David Njoku TE #83 | 33 REC, 293 YDS, 4 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Carson Schwesinger LB #49 | 156 |
| Devin Bush LB #12 | 125 | |
| Ronnie Hickman S #33 | 103 | |
| Sacks | Myles Garrett DE #95 | 23 |
| Maliek Collins DT #96 | 6.5 | |
| Alex Wright DE #91 | 5.5 | |
| Interceptions | Devin Bush LB #12 | 3 |
| Ronnie Hickman S #33 | 2 | |
| Carson Schwesinger LB #49 | 2 |
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.