The Cleveland Browns are 3 – 1. At the end of the season, all that will matter is if they have enough wins to make it into the NFL playoffs and are good enough to compete when they get there.
For now, performance and injuries are the story.
The Browns struggled against the Houston Texans before Tyrod Taylor went out and Baker Mayfield struggled mightily against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4. The defense has turned it around quickly, first against the struggling Chicago Bears and then against a very good offense on the road in Minnesota.
As always, the run game continues to do well, despite lower than expected PFF scores.
We reviewed a lot of the good and bad from the Week 4 victory here.
A lot of unknowns coming out of the game revolved around injury but we got updates on Monday that provide some clarity: