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2026 · Week 8 · Division

Scheduled

Browns

Cleveland

@

Steelers

Pittsburgh

Acrisure Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

Total

Model margin

+15.8est.

PIT perspective

Push chance

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Brownsedge mapSteelers
  • -0.206EPA / play-0.251
  • 43.1%Success rate33.8%
  • -0.257EPA / dropback-0.251
  • -0.119EPA / rush-0.252
  • 7.8%Explosive rate6.2%
  • +10.32CPOE+1.23
  • 12.5%Third-down rate25.0%
  • 33.3%Red-zone TD rate50.0%
  • 1.11Points / drive1.00
  • 3.9%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

PIT lead 42–13–1 since 1999

Meetings average 38.9 points. PIT are 29-25-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W17PIT @ CLE613CLE
2025 · W6CLE @ PIT923PIT
2024 · W14CLE @ PIT1427PIT
2024 · W12PIT @ CLE1924CLE
2023 · W11PIT @ CLE1013CLE
2023 · W2CLE @ PIT2226PIT
2022 · W18CLE @ PIT1428PIT
2022 · W3PIT @ CLE1729CLE

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+13.55
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+15.77