Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2000 · Week 4

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Tim Couch

10·36

Raiders

Oakland

QB Rich Gannon

Network Associates Coliseum · outdoors · grass · 76°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

OAK -10.5

Total

40.5

Model margin

+4.0est.

OAK perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Raiders
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Raiders winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

The rivalry

OAK lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 38.6 points. OAK are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12CLE @ LV2410CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV1620RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE1614RAIDERS
2020 · W8LV @ CLE166RAIDERS
2018 · W4CLE @ OAK4245RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE2720RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE1323CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK2017CLE

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tim Couch16/2914112
Spergon Wynn2/51500

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Errict Rhett15855.70
Tim Couch331.00
Travis Prentice310.30

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +10.56.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Raiders; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

1.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.9%

Expected total

42.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+4.60
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment-3.12
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.04

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.