Overview

• Lions OC John Morton said Cleveland “hasn’t seen a run game like ours yet,” drawing a pointed reply from Myles Garrett that Detroit “hasn’t seen a defensive front like ours,” with both sides calling it a battle of ideologies.
• Cleveland enters with the NFL’s top run defense, allowing 57.3 rushing yards per game with no runs of 12-plus yards and the fewest first-down runs allowed, per NFL Research.
• Detroit’s rushing attack ranks fourth at 149.0 yards per game and is coming off a 224-yard performance in Baltimore behind backs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.
• Local and national coverage casts the matchup as a legitimacy test for the Browns after their upset of Green Bay, with Jim Schwartz stressing run-stopping as the core of Cleveland’s plan.
• Kickoff is Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on FOX at Ford Field, with Detroit favored by roughly 9.5 to 10 points and notable injuries including Browns DT Mike Hall Jr. out, RT Jack Conklin questionable, and Lions LT Taylor Decker questionable.