2008 · Week 14

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Ken Dorsey

9·28

Titans

Tennessee

QB Kerry Collins

LP Field · outdoors · grass · 32°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

TEN -14

Total

36.5

Model margin

+9.6est.

TEN perspective

Push chance

3.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Titans
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Titans 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.

Brownsedge mapTitans
  • -0.155EPA / play-0.003
  • 36.2%Success rate41.7%
  • -0.205EPA / dropback+0.037
  • -0.086EPA / rush-0.044
  • 6.7%Explosive rate9.0%
  • -11.69CPOE-2.44
  • 33.5%Third-down rate36.7%
  • 29.2%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 1.05Points / drive1.83
  • 2.6%Turnover rate1.7%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

TEN lead 11–7 since 1999

Meetings average 46.8 points. TEN are 8-9-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14TEN @ CLE3129TEN
2023 · W3TEN @ CLE327CLE
2020 · W13CLE @ TEN4135CLE
2019 · W1TEN @ CLE4313TEN
2017 · W7TEN @ CLE129TEN
2016 · W6CLE @ TEN2628TEN
2015 · W2TEN @ CLE1428CLE
2014 · W5CLE @ TEN2928CLE

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Ken Dorsey22/4315001
Josh Cribbs0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Cribbs6244.00
Jamal Lewis771.00
Jerome Harrison221.00
Jason Wright210.50
Ken Dorsey100.00

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kerry Collins14/2315522

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Chris Johnson191367.21
LenDale White24994.11

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 +146.8%3.1%4.9%3.5%3.5%2.9%2.6%

Positive margins favour Titans; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

3.51%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

73.5%

Expected total

41.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.97
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment+2.88
  • Rest differential+0.24
  • Expected margin+9.58