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Indianapolis Colts @ Cleveland Browns Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
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CLEVELAND BROWNS
100 0 100 42 38 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
IND's offense (19th in passing) draws CLE's #11 pass defense. IND rates the 4-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
IND #18  |  CLE #16
Def
Def
IND #14  |  CLE #26
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
IND #19  |  CLE #11
Def
Def
IND #23  |  CLE #27
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
IND 45  |  CLE 20

Last 3 Meetings

2023-10-22
CLE 39–IND 38
2020-10-11
IND 23–CLE 32
2017-09-24
CLE 28–IND 31
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.