The Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals head into the third quarter of their Week 18 match-up with the Browns leading the Bengals 14-12. Highlights from the second quarter include:

-The Browns’ offense wasn’t doing anything, but Cleveland added their second defensive touchdown of the day when LB Jerome Baker forced a fumble on TE Noah Fant, which CB Sam Webb took 47 yards to the house.

-At the end of the half, the Bengals scored their second offensive touchdown as QB Joe Burrow hit WR Tee Higgins, but the extra point was missed again.

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The Browns are currently beating the Bengals in today’s game, but Cleveland has already suffered a couple of impactful injuries at cornerback.

Both Denzel Ward and Tyson Campbell are questionable to return, as Campbell went down with a shoulder injury and Ward with a neck injury. With the team’s top two outside corners dinged up, Cleveland has been forced to use Sam Webb and D’Angelo Ross today against Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

In case it wasn’t already obvious, this is the definition of a mismatch and everything that Cincinnati could want against the Browns today. With Myles Garrett rushing...

As the Cleveland Browns defense had their team with a lead in the first half versus the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18, everyone is focused on what the future might hold around the NFL. With HC Kevin Stefanski likely coaching his last game for the Browns, there have been rumors of everyone from Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh, Zac Taylor, Matt LaFleur, and a number of other big-name coaches potentially moving on to other teams this offseason.

Stefanski has been linked to the New York Giants, with [many expecting he will be at the top of the list for many teams...

The Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals head into the second quarter of their Week 18 match-up with the Browns leading the Bengals 7-6. Highlights from the first quarter include:

-The first big play of the game came when the Bengals stripped QB Shedeur Sanders of the football to get the ball in Cleveland territory. The Bengals capitalized with a touchdown, but missed the extra point, to go up 6-0.

-Cleveland’s offense failed on their second drive too, and the Bengals marched into another goal-to-go situation. However, QB Joe Burrow’s pass was tipped and intercepted by LB Devin Bush for...

The Cleveland Browns will line up one more time under HC Kevin Stefanski, in Week 18 versus the Cincinnati Bengals in the Battle of Ohio in the AFC North. DE Myles Garrett’s single-season sack record chase continues against QB Joe Burrow while Browns fans focus on the future, especially the 2026 NFL draft order.

QB Shedeur Sanders continues to have a chance to push Cleveland’s draft pick down and elevate his status for the future at the quarterback position, but he has to overcome his fatal flaw. That Cincinnati’s fatal flaw is their defense could help Sanders’ cause in Week...

The Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals head into Week 18 of the 2025 season with a showdown in the Battle of Ohio and a battle at the bottom of the AFC North. The Browns seem likely to move on from HC Kevin Stefanski, while Zac Taylor is assumed to be safe with the Bengals.

Cleveland fans will have their eyes on some other games in Week 18 as the 2026 NFL draft order finalizes at the top this week. Cincinnati could also have a Top 10 pick, depending on how things play out, but it needs to keep QB **Joe...

Today, the Cleveland Browns take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season. The Browns (4-12) will see their season come to a close, with several burning questions: Will DE Myles Garrett get the sack record? How will QB Shedeur Sanders continue to build his case? And is this the last time we see Kevin Stefanski leading the team? The Bengals (6-10) have been hot offensively since the return of QB Joe Burrow, but the Browns’ defense tends to have his number.

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Heading into Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season, we know a lot of what we need to know at this point for the Cleveland Browns. Their Week 17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers was exciting, but it cost them any shot at the top overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. The Browns are certain to be picking in the top seven of next year’s draft and are all but certain to have a new head coach at that time.

The “Race to the Bottom” isn’t over, however. Whether Fernando Mendoza, Dante Moore, or, [after his Sugar Bowl performance,...

In the end, the record books will say what the record books say. For example, Cleveland Browns HC Kevin Stefanski is likely out of a job after Week 18 despite two Coach of the Year awards and no real top-flight quarterback to build around. The facts are just the facts, with Stefanski’s record enough to make a change despite change not leading to wins around Cleveland for a long time.

The 2025 season will also lead to two teams with nine or fewer victories potentially making the postseason just because they won their divisions: the AFC North and NFC South....

The Cleveland Browns head to Cincinnati today to play the Bengals for the last game of their 2025 campaign, and there are a handful of things to keep an eye on.

Raheim Sanders to get a bulk of the workload?

Cleveland already knows what it has in both Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson going forward, but Sanders hasn’t really been involved in 2025 except for the Buffalo game, when he had 11 carries.

The team absolutely has to figure out what they have in him heading into the offseason. So far, he’s proven to be a decent short-yardage back...

As of now, no one knows for sure what will happen when the Cleveland Browns 2025 NFL season comes to an end, except for owner Jimmy Haslam and, if he has communicated with them, GM Andrew Berry and HC Kevin Stefanski. Rumors have swirled for weeks that Stefanski would be let go and Berry would be safe, with multiple reports coming out late in Week 18.

Stefanski’s answers to questions this week have seemed to indicate that he knows the end is near. Almost a month ago, [there was a report and rumblings that Stefanski wanted out, could be traded...

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Here at DBN, we cover the Cleveland Browns. And believe us when we say that there is plenty to talk about. This year, all the talk was about QB Shedeur Sanders and the rest of the QB competition, and then shifted to...