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Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns - Week 5
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

BUF
CLE		 24
 37
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BAL
MIA		 26
 23
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PHI
NYG		 36
 21
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NO
CHI		 26
 18
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NE
CIN		 6
 13
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KC
TEN		 26
 17
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JAC
STL		 20
 34
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DET
GB		 9
 22
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SEA
IND		 28
 34
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CAR
ARI		 6
 22
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DEN
DAL		 51
 48
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SD
OAK		 17
 27
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HOU
SF		 3
 34
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NYJ
ATL		 30
 28
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Browns 26, Bills 20

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 26 EJ Manuel Pass: 210, 1 TD Rush: 20, 0
RB 16 Fred Jackson Rush: 40, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 28 C.J. Spiller Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 22 Steve Johnson Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 41 Robert Woods Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 74 T.J. Graham Rec: 1-20, 0 TD
TE 24 Scott Chandler Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 21 Dan Carpenter FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 23 Defense / ST  
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Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 11 Brian Hoyer Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 29 Willis McGahee Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 44 Chris Ogbonnaya Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 10 Josh Gordon Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 42 Davone Bess Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
TE 2 Jordan Cameron Rec: 7-70, 1 TD
K 4 Billy Cundiff FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2
DEF 8 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bills Have won 3 of past 4 at Cle... Rookie QB EJ Manuel (No. 16 overall) is 1st rookie QB in NFL history to start & win vs. defending SB champion in Sept. In only career road start, passed for 243 yards & 1 TD & rushed for career-high 40 yards... Since 2012, RB C.J. Spiller averages 5.4 yards per carry, 2nd-highest among NFL RBs (min. 100 att.). Had 32-yard TD catch in last meeting. Last week, RB Fred Jackson (4,487) surpassed JOE CRIBBS (4,445) for most 3rd-most rush yards in Bills history... WR Steve Johnson had 7 catches for 61 yards with TD in last game vs. Browns. WR T.J. Graham scored 1st career TD in last meeting. Rookie WR Robert Woods (Round 2, No. 41 overall) had career-long 42-yard TD catch vs. Bal.... TE Scott Chandler has 13 career TD catches, 4th-most by Bills TE... DE Mario Williams has 2.5 sacks in past 3 vs. Cle. DT Marcell Dareus had season-high 2 sacks last week. Rookie LB Kiko Alonso (2nd round, 46th overall) has 4 INTs, tied for most ever by LB in Sept. in 1 season (JOHN ANDERSON, CHUCK HOWLEY & JACK LAMBERT).

Browns QB Brian Hoyer has won back-to-back starts, passing for 590 yards & 5 TDs in past 2... RB Willis McGahee ranks 4th among active NFL RBs w/ 8,152 career rush yards. Ranks 3rd among active players w/ 63 rush TDs. Last week, RB Chris Ogbonnaya had 1st career TD catch... In past 2, WR Josh Gordon has 14 catches for 217 yards (15.5 avg.) & TD... TE Jordan Cameron has 5 TD catches, tied for most ever by AFC TE in Sept. in same season. In 2013, ranks 1st among NFL TEs in catches (30) & 2nd in rec. yards (360)... T JOE THOMAS has started 100 consec. games since entering NFL in 2007... Rookie LB Barkevious Mingo (No. 6 overall) aims for 4th game in row w/ sack... DE Desmond Bryant (3.5) needs 2 sacks to surpass career-best of 5 sacks in 2011 (w/ Oak.). Last week, CB CHRIS OWENS registered 1st sack since 2011.


Results and Schedule
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 NE H L 21-23 -2
2 2013-09-15 CAR H W 24-23 +1
3 2013-09-22 NYJ A L 20-27 -7
4 2013-09-29 BAL H W 23-20 +3
5 2013-10-03 CLE A    
6 2013-10-13 CIN H    
7 2013-10-20 MIA A    
8 2013-10-27 NO A    
9 2013-11-03 KC H    
10 2013-11-10 PIT A    
11 2013-11-17 NYJ H    
12   Bye      
13 2013-12-01 ATL H    
14 2013-12-08 TB A    
15 2013-12-15 JAC A    
16 2013-12-22 MIA H    
17 2013-12-29 NE 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    
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
Buffalo Bills
Out  CB Ron Brooks (foot)
 CB Stephon Gilmore (wrist)
 WR Marquise Goodwin (hand)
 K Dustin Hopkins (groin)
 QB EJ Manuel (knee)
Questionable  FS Jairus Byrd (foot)
 WR Steve Johnson (back)
IR  NT Alex Carrington (knee, 9/29/2013)
 QB Kevin Kolb (concussion, 8/30/2013)
 WR Brad Smith (ribs, 8/30/2013)
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  QB Brian Hoyer (knee)
Questionable  DE Desmond Bryant (chest)
 OLB Quentin Groves (ankle)
 FB Chris Ogbonnaya (concussion)
 OLB Jabaal Sheard (knee)
 DE Billy Winn (quadriceps)
Probable  ILB James-Michael Johnson (thumb)
IR  RB Dion Lewis (fibula, 8/26/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Offense 		 CLE
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 22.0 16.0 22.9 BUF
Rushing yards 152.0 76.0 106.8 BUF
Rushing yards per attempt 4.14 3.80 4.07 BUF
Completion % 56.9% 56.8% 61.9% BUF
Passing yards 198.0 247.8 248.8 CLE
Passing yards per completion 10.70 9.53 10.91 BUF
Passing yards per attempt 6.09 5.42 6.75 BUF
Interceptions 0.8 1.5 1.0 BUF
Fumbles lost 1.0 0.3 0.8 CLE
Sacks allowed 2.8 4.3 2.7 BUF
3rd down conversions 30.2% 32.3% 37.7% CLE
4th down conversions 0.0% 44.4% 41.8% CLE
Time of possession 27:42 29:10 30:08 CLE
  Defense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Defense 		 CLE
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 23.3 17.5 22.9 CLE
Rushing yards 122.3 79.0 106.8 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 4.18 2.87 4.07 CLE
Completion % 53.8% 60.6% 61.9% BUF
Passing yards 277.0 212.5 248.8 CLE
Passing yards per completion 12.18 9.04 10.91 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.56 5.48 6.75 CLE
INT return 2.3 0.8 1.0 BUF
Fumble recoveries 0.5 1.0 0.8 CLE
Sacks 3.0 3.5 2.7 CLE
3rd down conversions 39.4% 44.4% 37.7% BUF
4th down conversions 33.3% 33.3% 41.8% -
Time of possession 32:18 30:50 30:08 CLE

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   BUF   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 8.1 7.7 8.5 BUF
Yards per kick return 18.5 25.9 23.7 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 8.4 6.7 8.5 CLE
Yards allowed per kick return 20.1 20.3 23.7 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   BUF   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 8.8 6.0 6.4 CLE
Penalty yards 79.0 54.3 56.3 CLE

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 4 of the 2013 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Buffalo Bills vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 14 2004-12-12 CLE BUF 7-37 BUF
2007 15 2007-12-16 BUF CLE 0-8 CLE
2008 11 2008-11-17 CLE BUF 29-27 CLE
2009 5 2009-10-11 CLE BUF 6-3 CLE
2010 14 2010-12-12 CLE BUF 6-13 BUF
2012 3 2012-09-23 BUF CLE 24-14 BUF

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.