Overview
- - Kickoff is 1 p.m. ET on CBS at Paycor Stadium, with both teams already eliminated; Cincinnati (6-10) is locked into third in the AFC North and Cleveland (4-12) will finish last.
- - Sportsbooks list the Bengals as roughly 7–7.5-point favorites after recent offensive upticks with Joe Burrow back under center.
- - Myles Garrett enters with 22.0 sacks and needs one to surpass the single-season record of 22.5 held by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt; he has 11 career sacks of Burrow.
- - The Browns ruled out rookies Carson Schwesinger (placed on IR) and Harold Fannin Jr.; Cleveland elevated LB Edefuan Ulofoshio and TE Sal Cannella, and G Teven Jenkins cleared concussion protocol.
- - Multiple outlets report team owner Jimmy Haslam and Browns management will meet Monday to decide Stefanski’s future, with The Athletic reporting the organization has researched alternatives and is leaning toward a change.