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Final Score Prediction

Lions 23, Browns 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Detroit Lions
Rank  Player Projections
QB 15 Matthew Stafford Pass: 270, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 17 Reggie Bush Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 5-40, 0
RB 19 Joique Bell Rush: 40, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 5 Calvin Johnson Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 72 Ryan Broyles Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 75 Patrick Edwards Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 19 Brandon Pettigrew Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
K 5 David Akers FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 11 Defense / ST  
 
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 24 Brandon Weeden Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 20 Willis McGahee Rush: 50, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 56 Chris Ogbonnaya Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 13 Josh Gordon Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 57 Davone Bess Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 80 Greg Little Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 4 Jordan Cameron Rec: 7-70, 0 TD
K 24 Billy Cundiff FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 10 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Lions QB Matthew Stafford has 14,331 career pass yards, most in NFL history for 1st 50 games to start career. Since 2011, ranks 2nd in NFL with 11,529 pass yards. Is 1-0 vs. Cle. & passed for 422 yards with 5 TDs & 112.7 rating in only meeting... RB Reggie Bush ranks 3rd in NFL with 125.5 scrimmage yards per game (502 yards, 4 games). RB Joique Bell is 2nd among NFC RBs with 237 rec. yards. Bush ranks 3rd with 204 yards... WR Calvin Johnson had 7 catches for 161 yards & TD (75 yards) in last meeting. In past 7 vs. AFC, has 57 catches for 1,045 yards (149.3 per game) & 7 TDs. Has 100+ yards in all 7 & has TD in 6 of those 7. Since 2011, leads NFL with 3,957 rec. yards & 109.9 rec. yards per game. Since 2008, leads NFL with 7,392 rec. yards & 54 rec. TDs. TE Brandon Pettigrew had 6 catches for 72 yards & GW TD in last meeting... DT Nick Fairley has 5.5 sacks in past 9. DE Ziggy Ansah leads NFL rookies with 3.5 sacks. S Louis Delmas, LB DeAndre Levy & S Glover Quin tie for 2nd in NFC with 2 INTs. Since entering NFL in 2010, DT Ndamukong Suh has 24 sacks, most by NFC DT.

Browns With victory, would register 4 consecutive wins for 1st time since 2009... QB Brandon Weeden had 1 TD vs. 0 INTs & 95.3 rating last week... RB Willis McGahee ranks 4th among active NFL RBs w/ 8,224 rush yards. Tied for 2nd among active players w/ 64 rush TDs (MAURICE JONES-DREW). Had 2 rush TDs in last game vs. Det... In past 3, WR Josh Gordon has 18 rec. for 303 yards (16.8 avg.) & 2 TDs. Is averaging 101 rec. yards per game in '13. Had 10 rec. for 146 yards (14.6 avg.) w/ TD in last game vs. NFC... TE Jordan Cameron ranks 1st among AFC TEs in catches (33) & 2nd in rec. yards (396) & TD rec. (5). Has most rec. in 1st 5 games of season in franchise history... Rookie LB Barkevious Mingo (No. 6 overall) leads AFC rookies with 3 sacks... Last week, S T.J. Ward had 44-yard INT-TD, 1st INT-TD of career... PR Travis Benjamin totaled 170 PR yards last week (most in game by Brown) vs. Buf., incl. 79-yard PR-TD.


Results and Schedule
Detroit Lions
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 MIN H W 34-24 +10
2 2013-09-15 ARI A L 21-25 -4
3 2013-09-22 WAS A W 27-20 +7
4 2013-09-29 CHI H W 40-32 +8
5 2013-10-06 GB A L 9-22 -13
6 2013-10-13 CLE A    
7 2013-10-20 CIN H    
8 2013-10-27 DAL H    
9   Bye      
10 2013-11-10 CHI A    
11 2013-11-17 PIT A    
12 2013-11-24 TB H    
13 2013-11-28 GB H    
14 2013-12-08 PHI A    
15 2013-12-16 BAL H    
16 2013-12-22 NYG H    
17 2013-12-29 MIN A    
   
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 MIA H L 10-23 -13
2 2013-09-15 BAL A L 6-14 -8
3 2013-09-22 MIN A W 31-27 +4
4 2013-09-29 CIN H W 17-6 +11
5 2013-10-03 BUF H W 37-24 +13
6 2013-10-13 DET H    
7 2013-10-20 GB A    
8 2013-10-27 KC A    
9 2013-11-03 BAL H    
10   Bye      
11 2013-11-17 CIN A    
12 2013-11-24 PIT H    
13 2013-12-01 JAC H    
14 2013-12-08 NE A    
15 2013-12-15 CHI H    
16 2013-12-22 NYJ A    
17 2013-12-29 PIT A    

Injury Report
Detroit Lions
Out  WR Nate Burleson (arm)
Questionable  FS Louis Delmas (knee)
 CB Chris Houston (hamstring)
 WR Calvin Johnson (knee)
 RB Theo Riddick (concussion)
 TE Tony Scheffler (concussion)
IR  DE Jason Jones (knee, 9/23/2013)
 RB Montell Owens (knee, 8/31/2013)
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  QB Brian Hoyer (knee)
Questionable  OLB Quentin Groves (ankle)
 FB Chris Ogbonnaya (concussion)
 OLB Jabaal Sheard (knee)
 DE Billy Winn (quadriceps)
Probable  DE Desmond Bryant (chest)
 DE John Hughes (knee)
IR  RB Dion Lewis (fibula, 8/26/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison
  DET
 Offense 
CLE
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 27.3 19.3 23.2 DET
Rushing yards 81.3 81.7 106.9 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 3.62 3.53 4.07 DET
Completion % 63.8% 56.4% 61.7% DET
Passing yards 284.3 230.0 249.0 DET
Passing yards per completion 11.62 10.00 11.05 DET
Passing yards per attempt 7.41 5.64 6.82 DET
Interceptions 0.7 1.0 1.0 DET
Fumbles lost 0.7 0.0 0.7 CLE
Sacks allowed 1.0 4.3 2.7 DET
3rd down conversions 33.9% 34.2% 37.7% CLE
4th down conversions 25.0% 44.4% 42.1% CLE
Time of possession 29:46 29:41 30:06 DET
  Defense Stats Comparison
  DET
 Defense 
CLE
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 23.7 20.3 23.2 CLE
Rushing yards 118.7 98.7 106.9 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 5.28 3.34 4.07 CLE
Completion % 61.5% 57.9% 61.7% CLE
Passing yards 272.0 198.3 249.0 CLE
Passing yards per completion 11.18 9.19 11.05 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.88 5.32 6.82 CLE
INT return 1.7 1.0 1.0 DET
Fumble recoveries 0.7 0.7 0.7 -
Sacks 2.0 3.3 2.7 CLE
3rd down conversions 27.0% 41.8% 37.7% DET
4th down conversions 75.0% 40.0% 42.1% CLE
Time of possession 30:14 30:19 30:06 DET

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   DET   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.5 15.1 8.8 CLE
Yards per kick return 20.0 23.1 23.8 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 4.8 8.4 8.8 DET
Yards allowed per kick return 24.1 19.9 23.8 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   DET   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 7.7 5.3 6.4 CLE
Penalty yards 69.7 56.7 56.0 CLE

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 of the 2013 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 1 to 5 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Detroit Lions vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2001 2 2001-09-23 DET CLE 14-24 CLE
2005 7 2005-10-23 DET CLE 13-10 DET
2009 11 2009-11-22 CLE DET 37-38 DET

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.