It’s the defending Super Bowl Champs versus the Browns, that’s why I’m watching. Besides, I want to see the circus that is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. This Sunday Cleveland hosts Kansas City at Huntington Bank Field, 1:00pm EST. Last week the Chiefs (11-1) beat the Chargers 19-17, and the Browns (3-10) lost to the Steelers 27-14. Kansas City is a 6.5-point favorite.

Browns Offense vs. Chiefs Defense

Cleveland is ranked 22nd in total offense (313 yards per game), 15th in passing offense (224.5 yards per game), 30th in rushing offense (88.5 yards per game) and 29th in scoring offense (17.8 points per game). Kansas City is ranked 6th in total defense (310.1 yards per game), 13th in passing defense (215.3 yards per game), 3rd in rushing defense (88.3 yards per game) and 7th in scoring defense (19.4 points per game). Will the Browns get good Jameis or bad Jameis. He’s thrown six touchdown passes in his last two games, but he’s also thrown five interceptions in the same time period. Cleveland’s offensive line will have to keep Winston clean, but it won’t be easy against a very good Kansas City defense. Cleveland will have their hands full with defensive lineman Chris Jones. He has 59 pressures and six sacks and he lines up all over the defensive line. The Browns will face a top ten defense for the fourth game in a row. The Chiefs have held their last two opponents to seventeen points, so if the Browns can score twenty, they might have a chance. The run game will have to work. Browns running back Nick Chubb is coming off his best game (eleven carries for 48 yards, a 4.4 YPC versus the Steelers). The more the Browns can run the ball, the less Winston has to throw the ball and interceptions are less likely. Cleveland will have to have a different gameplan for the fourth quarter if the game is tight. you can’t allow the Chiefs offense to possess the ball last.

Browns Defense vs. Chiefs Offense

Cleveland is ranked 21st in total defense (343.2 yards per game), 13th in passing defense (215.3 yards per game), 22nd in rushing defense (127.9 yards per game) and 26th on scoring defense (25.8 points per game). Kansas City is ranked 16th in total offense (338.2 yards per game), 13th in passing offense (227.6 yards per game), 21st in rushing offense (110.6 yards per game) and 11th in scoring offense (23.7 points per game). For an 11-1 team, Kansas City’s offense can be average. They’ve scored less than twenty points in back-to-back games. Chief’s quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sacked three plus times in three games in a row. The Browns pressure must be consistent, and their blitzes have to be well timed. The Browns best chance for pressure could come from someone not named Garrett. Isaiah McGuire will line up over right tackle Jawaan Taylor who has allowed 31 pressure and seven sacks. Last week against the Steelers, the Browns run defense played better than they did last year, and the Chiefs rush offense hasn’t been anything to write home about. The problem for the Browns defense is allowing points after turnovers, they’ve allowed 27+ points in four of the last five games and most of those points have come after a turnover. Cleveland’s defense will have to contend with an offense that has the number one third down conversion rate in the NFL. On the bright side, Kansas City has the 25th ranked redzone offense in the league (51.0%).