THE Cleveland Brownsled by the quarterback James Winstonmeet him New Orleans Saintsled by the quarterback Derek Carr during Week 11 of the NFL season on Sunday, November 17, 2024 (11/17/24) at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: NFL Week 11
WHO: Browns vs. Saints
When: Sunday November 17, 2024 (11/17/24)
Or: Caesar Superdome
Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Live broadcast: fuboTV And DirecTVStream
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Here is a preview capsule via Associated Press:
Cleveland (2-7) at New Orleans (3-7)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, Fox.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Saints by 1.
Against the spread: Browns 3-6; Saints 4-6.
Series record: Browns lead 13-6.
Last meeting: The Saints won 17-10 in Cleveland on December 24, 2022.
Last week: the Browns were away; The Saints beat the Falcons 20-17.
Browns offense: totals (31), rushing (28), passing (28), scoring (29).
Browns defense: overall (16), rush (14), passing (13), scoring (21).
Saints offense: totals (16), rushing (13), passing (16), scoring (16).
Saints defense: overall (28), rush (27), pass (29), score (t23).
Turnover differential: Browns minus-7; Saints plus-4.
Browns Player to Watch
It’s something of a homecoming for quarterback Jameis Winston, who spent four seasons with the Saints from 2020-23. Winston was popular among his teammates and among the team’s fans, but wasn’t always agree with former coach Dennis Allen, who was recently fired. This will be Winston’s third start for Cleveland since taking over when Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending injury.
Saints player to watch
Versatile Alvin Kamara, 29, now in his eighth NFL season, became the Saints’ career leading rusher last week (6,544 yards) and has topped 100 yards from scrimmage in seven of 10 games this year. season, including his 109 yards. from the melee last week.
Key match
Saints rookie LT Taliese Fuaga vs. Browns star DE Myles Garrett. Fuaga, 22, faces the toughest test of his young career with Garrett, the reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year, who is well-rested, coming off a big performance and determined to turn around Cleveland’s season .
Key injuries
Browns: Rookie DT Mike Hall Jr. injured his knee in practice Thursday and could be headed to injured reserve. Hall, who was suspended by the league earlier this season, was expected to spend time at DE. … LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (neck) was placed on injured reserve and will miss at least three more games. … LB Jordan Hicks (elbow) is back after missing four of the last five games. .. …Saints C Erik McCoy is expected to play for the first time since his Week 3 groin injury. …OL Lucas Patrick continues to deal with an ankle injury…RB Jamaal Williams has been sidelined from practice with a groin injury. … LB Pete Werner is out with a hand injury and it was unclear this week if he would be able to make it.
Series Notes
The Browns won their first eight games against the Saints from 1967 to 1981. …Cleveland is 8-3 in New Orleans. … The Browns lost their previous visit to the Superdome in 2018. … Most matchups have been competitive with 12 games decided by seven points or fewer.
Statistics and others
The Browns are looking to revive a flagging season that began with Super Bowl aspirations. … Winston’s two starts were polar opposites: 334 yards, 3 touchdowns in an opening win against Baltimore; three interceptions in a loss to the Chargers. … Cleveland’s running game has been disappointing but could regain some traction now that RB Nick Chubb is feeling more comfortable after being sidelined the first six weeks following knee surgery. Chubb’s next TD run will be the 50th of his career. … The development of second-year WR Cedric Tillman has been one of the few bright spots this season. Tillman leads the Browns with three receiving touchdowns – all in the last two games. … Cleveland’s defense had just one interception, but CB Denzel Ward leads the NFL with 15 passes defensed, including one in each of the last nine games. He is the only player in the league to defend 10 passes in each of the last seven seasons. … Garrett had three sacks – his fourth career game with at least that many – against the Chargers two weeks ago. … Garrett’s 95 1/2 sacks since 2017 are second in the league behind Pittsburgh’s TJ Watt (103). …The Browns have gone 20 straight games without allowing a quarterback to pass for 300 yards…Cleveland’s defense did a good job getting off the field in the second half, holding the teams to a team-low conversion rate in the league by 21.6%. third attempt (11 of 51). … Saints quarterback Derek Carr passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns for a 126.9 rating in Week 10. … Carr is 4-1 with 1,426 passing yards in five career starts against Cleveland and has one touchdown pass in five straight games against the Browns. … RB Alvin Kamara has more than 100 yards from scrimmage in three straight games. … Kamara became the first RB with more than five catches in seven straight games since Christian McCaffrey in 2019 and Kamara is the fifth RB in NFL history with more than 400 receiving yards in eight seasons. … WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a season-high 109 receiving yards and two touchdowns in Week 10, his second career game with two touchdowns. … TE Taysom Hill had 56 yards and a TD rushing in these clubs’ previous meeting. … TE Foster Moreau had seven catches in his previous game against Cleveland (Dec. 20, 2021 with the Raiders). …DE Cameron Jordan had his first sack this season last week. … DE Payton Turner had a forced fumble, a pass defended and his fifth career sack last week. …DL Chase Young had a sack and his first forced fumble of the season in Week 10. …LB Demario Davis led the Saints with 10 tackles and had a tackle for loss in two of his last three games against the Browns, a team he played for in 2016. … LB Pete Werner had five tackles and his first pass defended of the season last week. … Werner has a tackle for loss in two of his last three games. … S Tyrann Mathieu had an interception and three passes defensed last week. He has three interceptions in 2024, his sixth consecutive season with at least that many.
Fancy tip
Tillman’s role expanded when the Browns traded No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper to Buffalo last month, and the second-year WR seized the opportunity. He’s made 21 catches in his last three games and could be in line for another big performance against a Saints defense that ranks near the bottom of the NFL against the pass.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report)
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