3. Cleveland Browns

The Browns muted a lot of the doubters on Sunday, taking the enthusiasm from a hot Bills team and tossing it into Lake Eerie—proving that the AFC is still a bit of an unknown and uniform choices don’t win games.

The O-line was steady against a good Bills defense, too. Ranked third against the pass, the Browns did an excellent job creating time for Baker Mayfield, keeping the Browns quarterback in the pocket (a rarity). He finished the day 26-of-38 for 238 yards and two touchdowns. Although he was sacked twice, the Bills defense only got four hits on him all game.

The running game—led by Nick Chubb’s 116 yards—helped add balance the Browns’ game plan and ended with 147 yards. True, the Bills run-stopping ability isn’t as efficient, ranked 20th overall in the NFL. But with Baker Mayfield lining up under center, you have to give the Browns credit for producing on the ground when it was clear that facet would be the Bills’ “You’re going to have to beat us another away, guys” modus operandi.

Greg Robinson, Wyatt Teller, JC Tretter, Chris Hubbard, and Joel Bitonio: You all had a littler “swagger” yesterday, well done!