2023 · Week 13

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Joe Flacco

19·36

Rams

Los Angeles

QB Matthew Stafford

SoFi Stadium · dome · matrixturf

Closing spread

LA -3.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

+2.3est.

LA perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Rams
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Rams 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 mapRams
  • -0.127EPA / play+0.042
  • 39.3%Success rate44.9%
  • -0.131EPA / dropback+0.085
  • -0.121EPA / rush-0.022
  • 8.2%Explosive rate9.4%
  • -5.66CPOE-3.54
  • 32.3%Third-down rate41.4%
  • 61.2%Red-zone TD rate64.2%
  • 1.56Points / drive2.13
  • 3.0%Turnover rate1.5%

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

LA lead 6–1 since 1999

RAMS have won 4 straight. Meetings average 39 points. LA are 6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2019 · W3LA @ CLE2013RAMS
2015 · W7CLE @ STL624RAMS
2011 · W10STL @ CLE1312RAMS
2007 · W8CLE @ STL2720CLE
2003 · W14STL @ CLE2620RAMS
1999 · W7CLE @ STL334RAMS

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco23/4425421

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kareem Hunt12484.00
Pierre Strong22010.00
Jerome Ford9192.10

Rams

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matthew Stafford22/3727930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kyren Williams21884.21
Puka Nacua23417.00
Royce Freeman100.00
Matthew Stafford1-2-2.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Puka Nacua471051
Demarcus Robinson45551
Cooper Kupp68391
Tyler Higbee24350
Kyren Williams35240
Ben Skowronek23120
Tutu Atwell1290

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 +3.54.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Rams; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.53%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.1%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.55
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.25