The Cleveland Browns have owned their little brothers to the south, aka the Cincinnati Bengals, going on seven years now.
Starting in 2018, when the Browns swept both games against the Bengals, Cleveland won nine out of 11 in the series, with the handful of Cleveland losses coming in meaningless games, like last December’s with Dorian Thompson-Robinson at quarterback, or the season finale in 2023 with Jeff Driskel getting the starting nod.
That run of dominance has overlapped with the rise of Cincinnati’s offense behind quarterback Joe Burrow, who has won just three times in eight starts against the Browns while taking 27 sacks and averaging under 250 yards per game, the lowest against any team has played more than four times; and wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who in seven career games against the Browns has been held under 60 receiving yards five times and has just three receiving touchdowns.