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Cleveland Browns vs New Orleans Saints
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 9 verdict
Browns play Saints in Week 9
They face each other, so only one can be used this week. On real de-vigged market prices NO carries the higher survivor equity score.
This week
2026 week 9 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores
Head-to-head this week
week 9 · Caesars Superdome
- Matchup
- CLE @ NO
- Spread (home)
- −3.0 (11 books)
- Total
- 42.5 (11 books)
- Kickoff
- Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:00
Opened NO −3.8, now NO −3.0 · moved 0.8 toward CLE · Total 40.5 → 42.5 (+2.0)(243 snapshots)
No in-horizon weather forecast stored for this game yet.
Season series
2026 scheduled meetings
All-time series: 8 meetings · CLE 4 — NO 4. See the full head-to-head history →
Power rating & record
elo through 2026 · week 9
Defense vs position
ppr allowed per game · 2026 through week 8 · lower rank = tougher
Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only
tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market
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
Scheme tendencies — defense
nflverse participation · 2025 season
Injury report
2026 week 9 · nflverse + highlightly
Cleveland Browns
- Austin BarberTDid Not Participate In Practice
- Carsen RyanTight EndOut
- Carson SchwesingerLBLimited Participation in Practice
- Denzel BostonWRLimited Participation in Practice
- Deshaun WatsonQBDid Not Participate In Practice
- Dillon GabrielQuarterbackInjured Reserve
- Dylan SampsonRunning BackInjured Reserve
- Elgton JenkinsCLimited Participation in Practice
- Jared VerseDELimited Participation in Practice
- Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahLinebackerOut
- Kalia DavisDefensive TackleInjured Reserve
- Maliek CollinsDTDid Not Participate In Practice
New Orleans Saints
- Alvin KamaraRBDid Not Participate In Practice
- Asim RichardsTLimited Participation in Practice
- Cesar RuizGFull Participation in Practice
- Christen MillerDefensive TackleOut
- CJ DonaldsonRBLimited Participation in Practice
- Davon GodchauxDefensive TackleQuestionable
- Decamerion RichardsonCornerbackOut
- Jordyn TysonWRLimited Participation in Practice
- Justin ReidSFull Participation in Practice
- Kelvin Banks Jr.TLimited Participation in Practice
- Martin EmersonCBLimited Participation in Practice
- Nathan ShepherdDTFull Participation in Practice
Relevant to this matchup
- 2026 Week 9 Path Survival Alert: Jacksonville Jaguars Drifts Up in the Simulations(week 9 path survival)
- 2026 Week 9 Weather Watch: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks Tops the Forecast(week 9 weather watch)
- 2026 Week 9 Survivor Picks: San Francisco 49ers Lead the Board(week 9 weekly picks)