DOWN X DOWN › week 14 › Falcons at Browns
Updated Nov 3, 7:02 AM ET
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Week 14 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Huntington Bank Field

ATLvsCLE

Falcons offensevsBrowns defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Falcons, 8 for Browns. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

ATL offenseCLE offense
Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Ground game edge

Falcons average 4.7 yards per carry (5th). Browns allow 4.7 (28th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Browns are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.42 EPA per attempt. Falcons send 7% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Passing lanes are closed

Falcons gain -0.18 EPA per dropback (29th). Browns allow -0.03 (9th).

04
Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Falcons gain 5.6 yards per play (13th). Browns give up 5.3 (11th), with the league at 5.4.

Players to watch

ATL Falcons

9Michael Penix Jr.QB · 104/168 · 1282 yds · 9 TD · 5 INTEPA per dropback +0.02 · 21st7Bijan RobinsonRB · 150 car · 780 yds · 5 TD · 25 recEPA per touch -0.075Drake LondonWR · 39 rec · 624 yds · 1 TD · 62 tgtEPA per target +0.408Kyle PittsTE · 22 rec · 197 yds · 4 TD · 32 tgtEPA per target +0.0653Kendal DanielsLeft Inside Linebacker · 52 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 2 PD1 INT26C.J. HendersonRight Cornerback · 39 tackles · 8 PD8 passes defended · T-7th in the NFL

CLE Browns

4Deshaun WatsonQB · 163/249 · 1806 yds · 7 TD · 3 INTEPA per dropback -0.02 · 24th10Quinshon JudkinsRB · 101 car · 342 yds · 3 TD · 21 recEPA per touch -0.1512Denzel BostonWR · 26 rec · 409 yds · 3 TD · 53 tgtEPA per target +0.1144Harold Fannin Jr.TE · 35 rec · 411 yds · 3 TD · 51 tgtEPA per target +0.26 · 17th21Denzel WardLeft Cornerback · 29 tackles · 3 INT · 9 PD3 INT · T-2nd in the NFL94Mason GrahamLeft Defensive Tackle · 16 tackles · 4 sacks4 sacks · T-23rd in the NFL
The series · Falcons and Browns since 1999, and this season's records6 meetings

The Browns lead the series 4–2 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). Oct 2, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium: the Falcons won 23–20. Marcus Mariota started at quarterback for the Falcons and Jacoby Brissett for the Browns; Arthur Smith and Kevin Stefanski coached.

Falcons at home1–2the Falcons' record
In Cleveland1–2the Falcons' record
Most pointsFalcons 24 · Browns 282014 · 2018
Biggest winFalcons by 10 · Browns by 122010 · 2018

The last 5

2022 · Wk 4CLE 20 at ATL 23
2018 · Wk 10ATL 16 at CLE 28
2014 · Wk 12CLE 26 at ATL 24
2010 · Wk 5ATL 20 at CLE 10
2006 · Wk 10CLE 17 at ATL 13

2026 records

FalconsBrowns
Overall3–55–3
Division1–22–1
Conference3–33–3
Other conference0–22–0
Home1–33–0
Away2–22–3
Last 5WLLWLWLWWL
StreakLost 1Lost 1
Points a game21.4 – 23.617.4 – 21.6

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Falcons' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Falcons offense against the Browns defenseDepth charts
Browns defense · 4-3 DFalcons offense · 3WR 1TE70Matthews65Bergeron64Neuzil63Lindstrom71Taylor8Pitts9Penix7Robinson5London14Zaccheaus4Dotson8Verse96Collins94Graham57McGuire42Mascarenas-Arnold49Schwesinger5Williams7Campbell21Ward26Harden9Delpit33Hickman

Falcons offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBMichael Penix Jr.#9 · 104/168 · 1282 yds · 9 TD · 5 INT
  • RBBijan Robinson#7 · 150 car · 780 yds · 5 TD · 25 rec
  • WRDrake London#5 · 39 rec · 624 yds · 1 TD · 62 tgt
  • WRJahan Dotson#4 · 14 rec · 337 yds · 2 TD · 30 tgt
  • WROlamide Zaccheaus#14 · 5 rec · 21 yds · 0 TD · 13 tgt
  • TEKyle Pitts Sr.#8 · 22 rec · 197 yds · 4 TD · 32 tgt
  • LTJake Matthews#70
  • LGMatthew Bergeron#65
  • CRyan Neuzil#64
  • RGChris Lindstrom#63
  • RTJawaan Taylor#71

Browns defense · Base 4-3 D

  • RDEJared Verse#8 · 17 tackles
  • RDTMaliek Collins#96 · 19 tackles · 3.5 sacks
  • LDTMason Graham#94 · 16 tackles · 4 sacks
  • LDEIsaiah McGuire#57 · 20 tackles · 3 sacks
  • WLBEaston Mascarenas-Arnold#42 · 11 tackles
  • MLBCarson Schwesinger#49 · 72 tackles · 1 sack · 1 PD
  • SLBQuincy Williams#5 · 52 tackles · 1 sack · 3 PD
  • RCBTyson Campbell#7 · 33 tackles · 3 PD
  • LCBDenzel Ward#21 · 29 tackles · 3 INT · 9 PD
  • NBMyles Harden#26 · 28 tackles · 1 INT · 6 PD
  • SSGrant Delpit#9 · 34 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 4 PD
  • FSRonnie Hickman#33 · 48 tackles · 1 sack · 1 INT · 2 PD

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · ATL offense against CLE defense
StatATL ATL offFavors ATL · Favors CLECLE CLE def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
-0.10#29
-0.02#14+0.00
Success rate
43%#15
42%#1044%
Yards per play
5.6#13
5.3#115.4
Explosive play rate
9%#16
12%#329%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
-0.18#29
-0.03#9+0.03
Sack rate
7%#19
7%#107%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.02#9
-0.02#27-0.08
Yards per carry
4.7#5
4.7#284.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
35%#29
40%#1441%
Red zone TD rate
64%#14
52%#1161%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
133#21
138#13147
TE yards per game
37#26
59#2355
TE targets per game
6.5#25
8.0#217.6
RB receiving yards per game
30#18
18#132
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Falcons: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+1.227% of throws
-0.333% of throws
+0.387% of throws
Short
+0.1335% of throws
-0.5216% of throws
-0.3732% of throws

Browns: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.4221 throws
+0.3516 throws
-0.3120 throws
Short
-0.0476 throws
+0.3936 throws
+0.0891 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.