Dawgs By Nature
It is Week 11, and the Cleveland Browns sunk down 2.0 spots to an average ranking of 29.4 this week, although they really would have been lower had it not been for one site ranking them well higher than the rest. Either way, the consensus is clear that the Titans are the worst team, and then it’s anyone between the Saints, Browns, and Jets after that. I still feel like Cleveland has the best talent in that group, which makes the season all-the-more-frustrating and points to coaching and bad quarterback play.
Here is a summary of how the Cleveland Browns are viewed across mainstream media outlets in NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season.
They find new and creative ways to lose every week. They lost to a Jets team whose wide receivers combined for 7 yards. Special teams killed them.
Non-QB MVP: DE Myles Garrett
Perennially in the discussion for the best player in the NFL, Garrett might be in the midst of his best NFL season. He’s already up to 11 sacks, which is tied with the Giants’ Burns for the league lead, and he ranks fourth in run stop percentage (6.6%). The added attention Garrett draws (31.7% double-team rate) has also freed up one-on-one opportunities on a defensive line that ranks first in pass rush win rate (54.2%).
The Browns held the Jets to 169 total yards (42 passing) and didn’t turn the ball over — and still lost. Two TD returns allowed on special teams were essentially the difference, and Cleveland’s six second-half penalties were killers. Several of them bailed the Jets out or erased positive plays for the Browns. Let’s not gloss over the offensive limitations either. I’d love to hear the case for Dillon Gabriel keeping his job another week, which is apparently the plan. Either that’s an indictment on Shedeur Sanders or an admission that neither he nor Gabriel is realistically the starter for the future and that they’re just playing out the string with what they have. If you’re the glass-half-full sort, the Browns and Jaguars (Cleveland owns Jacksonville’s 2026 first-rounder) losing and the Jets, Dolphins and Saints winning this week is a good development for the 2026 NFL Draft, but not everyone is capable of mustering up excitement for that in mid-November.
The Browns have shown more competitive spirit with Dillon Gabriel running Tommy Rees’ offense, but their defense and special teams let them down big time on the road in New York.
After a loss to the Jets, who had won only one game before Sunday, coach Kevin Stefanski said about rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel that “We’re going to stick with Dillon” and offered no timetable on...
