Browns Visit 2-5 Saints in Week 9 as Cleveland Brings 5-3 Record to New Orleans
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Updated · FOX Sports · Nov 5
Browns Visit 2-5 Saints in Week 9 as Cleveland Brings 5-3 Record to New Orleans
3 articles · Updated · FOX Sports · Nov 5
Summary
Sunday’s Week 9 game pits 5-3 Cleveland against 2-5 New Orleans at 1:00 p.m. ET at Caesars Superdome, with CBS carrying the matchup and streaming on Paramount+.
Cleveland enters with a defense-first profile—21 sacks and 21.6 points allowed per game—while its offense has managed just 17.4 points per game, a bottom-10 mark.
Shedeur Sanders is set to start at quarterback, making Harold Fannin Jr. a key target after his 10-catch, 154-yard game last week; Deshaun Watson is listed questionable despite clearing concussion protocol.
New Orleans has moved the ball better than its record suggests, scoring 23.1 points per game with a 43.4% third-down rate, but its defense has allowed 27.7 points and 139.4 rushing yards per game.
Tyler Shough’s 1,721 passing yards and Chris Olave’s 49 catches will test a Browns secondary allowing 196.6 passing yards per game, setting up a matchup between the Saints’ passing game and Cleveland’s pass rush.