NFL game

Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints

Nov 8, 1:00 PM ET · Final/OT

Cleveland Browns · New Orleans Saints

Data: ESPN · observed Nov 10, 3:11 AM ET Source

Matchup details observed Nov 8, 4:31 PM ET.

Final score

Cleveland Browns 22 — New Orleans Saints 23

Box-score leaders · plays of the day

Tyler Shough · NO: Passing Yards: 21/35, 265 YDS, 1 TD · game
Audric Estime · NO: Rushing Yards: 15 CAR, 72 YDS, 1 TD · game
Chris Olave · NO: Receiving Yards: 7 REC, 98 YDS · game
Carl Granderson · NO: Sacks: 2 · game
Kaden Elliss · NO: Tackles: 11 · game
Shedeur Sanders · CLE: Passing Yards: 19/31, 297 YDS, 2 TD · game
Quinshon Judkins · CLE: Rushing Yards: 15 CAR, 43 YDS · game
Denzel Boston · CLE: Receiving Yards: 6 REC, 98 YDS · game
Myles Harden · CLE: Sacks: 2 · game
Carson Schwesinger · CLE: Tackles: 15 · game

Source

Fantasy outlook · Week 9

PPR projections · observed Nov 10, 4:01 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Deshaun Watson

CLE · QB · Rank 20 · Tier 3

14.3 PPR points · floor 10 · ceiling 18.6

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · New Orleans Saints allow 17.2 QB fantasy points a game (3.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
8	27	39	324	0	0	3	2	0
7	25	36	308	0	1	3	19	2
6	16	26	164	0	0	8	29	0
5	15	33	155	1	0	6	40	1

Tyler Shough

NO · QB · Rank 22 · Tier 3

14 PPR points · floor 5.4 · ceiling 22.6

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Cleveland Browns allow 13.4 QB fantasy points a game (6.9% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	30	38	278	1	1	3	7	2
6	16	30	144	3	0	5	32	2
5	16	25	96	0	2	0	0	0
4	30	48	286	1	0	2	5	0

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Shedeur Sanders

CLE · QB · Rank 51 · Tier 7

6.3 PPR points · floor 6.2 · ceiling 6.4

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · New Orleans Saints allow 17.2 QB fantasy points a game (3.4% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	INT	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Quinshon Judkins

CLE · RB · Rank 11 · Tier 3

12.6 PPR points · floor 4.5 · ceiling 20.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · New Orleans Saints allow 30 RB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
8	11	25	0	2	2	24	3
7	17	96	2	1	1	8	3
5	14	44	0	4	3	6	1
4	17	53	1	7	6	43	5

Dylan Sampson

CLE · RB · Rank 24 · Tier 4

9.9 PPR points · floor 2 · ceiling 17.8

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · New Orleans Saints allow 30 RB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
8	1	7	8	6	62	1
7	6	45	3	3	32	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Alvin Kamara

NO · RB · Rank 27 · Tier 4

9.7 PPR points · floor 2.6 · ceiling 16.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Cleveland Browns allow 21.1 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	6	5	0	7	7	57	3
6	7	34	0	4	2	35	0
5	3	12	0	2	2	-6	0
4	7	23	2	7	5	35	3

Audric Estimé

NO · RB · Rank 45 · Tier 5

7.4 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Cleveland Browns allow 21.1 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
6	9	19	1	0	0	0	2

Jaleel McLaughlin

CLE · RB · Rank 54 · Tier 6

6.3 PPR points · floor 0.6 · ceiling 12

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · New Orleans Saints allow 30 RB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	9	41	0	4	4	14	1
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	1	28	1	0	0	0	0

CJ Donaldson

NO · RB · Rank 83 · Tier 6

4.4 PPR points · floor 2.9 · ceiling 5.9

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Cleveland Browns allow 21.1 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
6	6	39	1	0	0	1
5	4	13	1	1	7	0
4	3	18	2	2	5	0
3	1	5	0	0	0	1

Kendre Miller

NO · RB · Rank 121 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Cleveland Browns allow 21.1 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	8	6	0	5	3	22	2
6	20	70	0	2	2	0	4
5	10	30	1	0	0	0	4
4	6	9	0	3	2	10	1

Raheim Sanders

CLE · RB · Rank 126 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · New Orleans Saints allow 30 RB fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
5	3	12	1	1	1
4	2	9	2	2	7
3	1	17	5	4	34
2	2	4	1	1	7

Travis Etienne

NO · RB · Rank 132 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Cleveland Browns allow 21.1 RB fantasy points a game (4.7% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
3	13	57	2	2	13	3
2	8	25	2	2	6	0
1	9	46	9	7	32	3

Chris Olave

NO · WR · Rank 25 · Tier 3

10 PPR points · floor 3.3 · ceiling 16.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Cleveland Browns allow 29.3 WR fantasy points a game (1.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	10	6	56	0	89	26.3%	0
6	7	4	43	1	53	23.3%	1
5	6	4	46	0	81	25%	0
4	12	8	116	0	176	25.5%	1

KC Concepcion

CLE · WR · Rank 26 · Tier 3

9.9 PPR points · floor 3 · ceiling 16.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
8	4	3	37	21	10%	0
7	10	8	129	110	28.6%	1
6	6	4	37	55	24%	1
5	1	1	5	3	3.1%	0

Devaughn Vele

NO · WR · Rank 39 · Tier 4

9 PPR points · floor 3.5 · ceiling 14.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Cleveland Browns allow 29.3 WR fantasy points a game (1.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	5	5	54	1	33	13.2%	1
6	6	3	42	0	88	20%	0
5	6	4	26	0	39	25%	0
4	9	6	54	1	90	19.1%	2

Denzel Boston

CLE · WR · Rank 43 · Tier 4

8.8 PPR points · floor 3 · ceiling 14.6

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
8	11	6	37	0	103	27.5%	1
7	8	3	27	0	134	22.9%	1
6	5	1	15	0	87	20%	0
5	7	3	46	1	94	21.9%	0

Barion Brown

NO · WR · Rank 88 · Tier 5

5.3 PPR points · floor 1.8 · ceiling 8.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Cleveland Browns allow 29.3 WR fantasy points a game (1.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	3	3	57	41	7.9%	0
6	1	1	5	4	3.3%	0
5	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0%	1

Jerry Jeudy

CLE · WR · Rank 90 · Tier 5

5.3 PPR points · floor 1.3 · ceiling 9.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
8	1	0	0	8	2.5%	0
7	4	4	21	18	11.4%	1
6	4	4	69	54	16%	0
5	7	3	19	62	21.9%	0

Isaiah Bond

CLE · WR · Rank 92 · Tier 6

5.2 PPR points · floor 0.3 · ceiling 10.1

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
8	0	0	0	0	0%
5	7	3	74	111	21.9%
4	1	1	2	2	3%
2	1	1	10	7	3.3%

Bryce Lance

NO · WR · Rank 94 · Tier 6

5.1 PPR points · floor 1.7 · ceiling 8.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Cleveland Browns allow 29.3 WR fantasy points a game (1.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	2	12	0	10	5.3%	1
6	4	2	9	1	25	13.3%	1
5	3	0	0	0	26	12.5%	0
4	5	1	7	0	108	10.6%	1

Tylan Wallace

CLE · WR · Rank 120 · Tier 6

4.1 PPR points · floor 3 · ceiling 5.2

Why

Last 3 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 3 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
8	1	1	3	-2	2.5%
6	1	1	12	-1	4%
3	0	0	0	0	0%

Malachi Corley

CLE · WR · Rank 143 · Tier 7

3 PPR points · floor 2.3 · ceiling 3.7

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
8	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Jalen Cropper

NO · WR · Rank 185 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Cleveland Browns allow 29.3 WR fantasy points a game (1.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Jimmy Horn Jr.

CLE · WR · Rank 192 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · New Orleans Saints allow 29.6 WR fantasy points a game (3.2% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
1	1	0	0	0	3	2.9%	0

Kevin Austin Jr.

NO · WR · Rank 198 · Tier 8

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
2	1	1	7	0	6	3.1%	0

Harold Fannin Jr.

CLE · TE · Rank 5 · Tier 2

10.9 PPR points · floor 2 · ceiling 19.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · New Orleans Saints allow 17 TE fantasy points a game (0.3% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
8	12	10	154	84	30%
7	9	6	91	38	25.7%
6	3	1	9	10	12%
5	4	1	4	34	12.5%

Noah Fant

NO · TE · Rank 50 · Tier 4

4.5 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 13.2

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Cleveland Browns allow 14.9 TE fantasy points a game (7.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	2	11	0	1	5.3%	0
6	1	0	0	0	1	3.3%	0
5	1	1	7	0	5	4.2%	0
3	4	4	33	2	13	10%	2

Juwan Johnson

NO · TE · Rank 59 · Tier 5

4.3 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 13

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Cleveland Browns allow 14.9 TE fantasy points a game (7.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	3	1	7	-3	7.9%	1
6	2	0	0	10	6.7%	0
5	5	4	16	3	20.8%	0
4	8	6	59	59	17%	0

Blake Whiteheart

CLE · TE · Rank 64 · Tier 5

3.9 PPR points · floor 0.6 · ceiling 7.2

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · New Orleans Saints allow 17 TE fantasy points a game (0.3% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
8	1	1	9	0	6	2.5%	0
6	1	1	8	0	7	4%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
2	2	1	17	1	6	6.7%	1

Carsen Ryan

CLE · TE · Rank 75 · Tier 5

3.3 PPR points · floor 3.3 · ceiling 3.3

Why

Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · New Orleans Saints allow 17 TE fantasy points a game (0.3% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Oscar Delp

NO · TE · Rank 79 · Tier 5

3.2 PPR points · floor 1.8 · ceiling 4.6

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Cleveland Browns allow 14.9 TE fantasy points a game (7.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
7	1	1	2	0	2.6%
6	2	2	10	3	6.7%
5	0	0	0	0	0%
4	0	0	0	0	0%

Treyton Welch

NO · TE · Rank 123 · Tier 7

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 2 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Cleveland Browns allow 14.9 TE fantasy points a game (7.7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 2 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
4	1	0	0	0	17	2.1%	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Andre Szmyt

CLE · K · Rank 15 · Tier 2

8 PPR points · floor 4.8 · ceiling 11.2

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · New Orleans Saints allow 9.7 K fantasy points a game (5.3% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
8	2	2	0
7	2	3	3
6	2	3	1
5	2	2	0

Daniel Carlson

NO · K · Rank 32 · Tier 4

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Not on active roster

Why

Not on active roster · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Cleveland Browns allow 8.8 K fantasy points a game (0.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	1	2	1
6	2	3	4
5	0	0	1
4	1	2	3

NO defense / special teams

NO · DST · Rank 5 · Tier 2

7.6 PPR points · floor 0.8 · ceiling 14.4

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Cleveland Browns allow 9.3 DST fantasy points a game (15% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	16	3	0
6	27	5	4
5	23	2	2
4	45	1	0

CLE defense / special teams

CLE · DST · Rank 15 · Tier 3

6 PPR points · floor 2.6 · ceiling 9.4

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · New Orleans Saints allow 7 DST fantasy points a game (4.1% above average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
8	27	1	1
7	24	1	2
6	10	3	1
5	17	4	2

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Injury impact

Cleveland Browns

Availability-impact index: 7

Maliek Collins (DT) · Out · Elbow · Nov 9
Deshaun Watson (QB) · Out · Concussion · Nov 9

New Orleans Saints

Availability-impact index: 5

Erik McCoy (C) · Questionable · Biceps · Nov 9
CJ Donaldson (RB) · Out · Shoulder · Nov 9
Travis Etienne Jr. (RB) · Injured Reserve · Hamstring · Nov 4

The availability-impact index weights listed players by position and reported starter status when available. It is a relative report-weighting index, not a medical assessment or a point-spread adjustment. An empty report does not confirm availability.

Coaching Room

Cleveland Browns

Head coach: Todd Monken · 0 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 9 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	1.4	rank 14 of 32	9
Fourth-down conversion rate	30.8 %	rank 29 of 32	9
Red-zone trips per game	2.4	rank 29 of 32	9
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	54.6 %	rank 18 of 32	9
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	45.4 %	rank 15 of 32	9
Time of possession per game	29.9 min	rank 19 of 32	9
Turnovers per game	1.2	rank 18 of 32	9

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

New Orleans Saints

Head coach: Kellen Moore · 1 season as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 8 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	1.9	rank 6 of 32	8
Fourth-down conversion rate	80 %	rank 2 of 32	8
Red-zone trips per game	3.4	rank 14 of 32	8
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	60.3 %	rank 5 of 32	8
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	39.7 %	rank 28 of 32	8
Time of possession per game	30 min	rank 17 of 32	8
Turnovers per game	1.9	rank 5 of 32	8

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Observed win probability

New Orleans Saints: latest 53.0% · ESPN estimates across observed plays.

Observed Nov 8, 4:31 PM ET. Estimates can change; no probability is a promise.

Game-day weather

Indoor venue or confirmed closed roof. Outdoor weather flags do not apply.

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues. Projections start with three current-season games or a prior-season rating; early-season estimates are excluded from picks.

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