Buffalo Rumblings
The Cleveland Browns find themselves in the midst of another lost season. As they prepare to host the Buffalo Bills, they’re firmly in evaluation mode, having already been eliminated from postseason play. Cleveland may not have the victories, but they do have a strong defense, one that can give any team problems on any given Sunday.
The Bills have laid a few eggs on the road this season, as three of their four losses so far have come away from Highmark Stadium. Buffalo lost to the Houston Texans, who were starting a backup quarterback, as well as the playoff-eliminated Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons. All three of those games came on the road.
Can the Browns pull off the upset this week? If they’re going to do it, they’ll need a big week from their top performers. Here are five Browns to watch this week against Buffalo.
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QB Shedeur Sanders
The most famous backup quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft is now starting, and he’s definitely shown some flashes early on in his career. He led the Browns to victory in his first career start against the Las Vegas Raiders, and he threw for 364 yards and three scores in a close loss to the Tennessee Titans just two weeks ago. However, he threw three interceptions and took five sacks last week against the Chicago Bears in a 31-3 loss.
Sanders is known as someone who holds the ball, scrambles, and tries to extend plays. We watch someone who does that every week. Sometimes, though, when Josh Allen was a rookie, he needed to be okay losing a battle if it kept him on track to win the war. He really didn’t figure out how to do that until his third season.
Sanders is making just his fifth start against a defensive staff that generally makes life miserable for rookie quarterbacks. I expect the Bills to give Sanders plenty of odd looks. The goal for the Bills is to make nothing look pre-snap how it is going to be post-snap. If they can do that, they’ll force Sanders into sacks and turnovers. That’s a recipe for success this weekend.
RB Quinshon Judkins
I’m still mad at myself for dropping him in fantasy football earlier this season. Judkins was drafted No. 36 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, but he’s another rookie on this young Cleveland club gaining valuable experience this season.
He leads the Browns in carries (222), rushing yards (805), and rushing touchdowns (7) this season. While that amounts to just 3.6 yards per carry, let’s remember that Buffalo’s run defense has allowed 5.4 yards per rush this season, which is the second-highest total in the league, and a putrid 23 rushing touchdowns, which is the worst total in the league.
Buffalo has had some success defending the run of late against teams whose passing games they don’t respect. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Buffalo sell out on the run early, hoping that they can create a...
