Sunday, October 11th
Cleveland Browns @ New York Jets, 1:00 PM ET
There is a very good chance that the Cleveland Browns are 4-1 by the time Week 5 is over. Think about that for a second. The Browns have looked like a legitimate, winning NFL team this year, and while it's not always been pretty, they're winning football games.
It is much more sustainable to win by close margins and playing a bit sloppy than it is to win in seamless, blowout fashion. Cleveland being able to do the latter can prove to come in handy later in the season, and perhaps the biggest story from all of this is that QB Deshaun Watson looks really solid thus far.
Yes, it's only been four games, but if the Browns were 0-4 or 1-3, people would be calling for Watson to be benched. The Browns are a good football team with a legitimate QB and a good bit of young talent than the General Manager has acquired the past few seasons.
As for the New York Jets, they are definitely in the same boat with having young talent, but the coaching appears to be bottom-tier, and that could be the deciding factor in this one. I am not sure the overall roster talent between the two teams is all that different, and even comparing Watson with Geno Smith wouldn't really have you definitively picking one or the other.
Coaching is the main factor here, and while the Browns are traveling in this one, they should be able to win this game, as I am not sure what the Jets do well at this point, and if the losses keep coming, head coach Aaron Glenn could quickly find himself out of a job.
That is later in the season, but the Jets are going in the wrong direction and will lose this one.
Prediction: Browns win 26-20
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