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Cleveland Browns vs Miami Dolphins

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Dolphins is the better survivor pick this week

Dolphins score 0.324 equity (39.8% win probability) against Browns at 0.214 — a real gap of 0.110.

CLE team page →MIA team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ JAXOpponent@ LV

22.3%Win prob39.8%

0.214Equity score0.324

+8.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

40.0Game total40.5

▼ 0.001Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.002

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 11 meetings · CLE 6 — MIA 5. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1419.8ELO rating1475.1

#27ELO rank#21

5-12Record7-10

AFC NorthDivisionAFC East

#4Division rank#3

W +2 · W +7 · L 3 · L 28 · L 2Last 5newest firstL 28 · W +3 · L 24 · L 13 · W +24

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

13.3 · #5vs QB18.2 · #23

22.8 · #19vs RB25.5 · #26

26.9 · #8vs WR29.9 · #14

12.1 · #9vs TE16.2 · #28

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

3.12 (2025)Sacks / game2.29 (2025)

9.29Pressures / game7.65

6-9Primetime record2021–2024 standalone windows7-13

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

39.3% · #27Pre-snap motion55.9% · #1

11.2% · #15Play action12.9% · #6

3.0% · #25RPO4.4% · #16

4.2% · #11Screen pass5.2% · #4

7.5% · #12No huddle3.1% · #28

55.8% · #14Shotgun57.9% · #13

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

41.3% · #5Man coverage28.4% · #21

28.1% · #15Blitz (5+ rushers)33.1% · #5

35.1% · #1Pressure27.2% · #28

CLE scheme profile →MIA scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Cleveland Browns

Adin HuntingtonDefensive EndQuestionable
Alex WrightDefensive EndOut
Anthony KendallCornerbackInjured Reserve
Blake WhiteheartTight EndQuestionable
Brenden BatesTight EndOut
Cam RobinsonOffensive TackleQuestionable
Cameron McGroneLinebackerQuestionable
Carson SchwesingerLBFull Participation in Practice
Cedric TillmanWide ReceiverOut
Cornelius LucasOffensive TackleOut
David NjokuTight EndOut
Dawand JonesOffensive TackleQuestionable

Miami Dolphins

A.J. GreenCornerbackOut
AJ HenningWide ReceiverQuestionable
Alec IngoldFullbackQuestionable
Alexander MattisonRunning BackInjured Reserve
Andre Carter IILinebackerOut
Ashtyn DavisSafetyOut
Austin JacksonGuardOut
Benito JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Caleb JohnsonLinebackerQuestionable
Cedrick Wilson Jr.Wide ReceiverOut
Chop RobinsonLinebackerOut
Cornell ArmstrongCornerbackQuestionable

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