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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM PT

Final Cleveland Browns won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
CLE 43%
57% TB

Wrong: CLE won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CLE · won
0.17
0.05 before → 0.17 after (+0.12).
TB · lost
0.07
0.14 before → 0.07 after (−0.08).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
CLEPass307.9+0.55
CLERush231.9−3.13
TBPass345.4−1.05
TBRush255.5+0.66

Sacks (raw counts):CLE sacked 2 times · TB sacked 3 times. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 2

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: CLE offense vs TB defense
−1.1831st
box score 9.3 · 5th
Edge
TB
+0.3924th
box score 7.3 allowed · 16th
Rush: CLE offense vs TB defense
−0.8430th
box score 4.0 · 18th
Edge
TB
+0.1620th
box score 3.9 allowed · 13th
Pass: TB offense vs CLE defense
−0.2721st
box score 7.7 · 14th
Edge
CLE
−0.3511th
box score 10.7 allowed · 30th
Rush: TB offense vs CLE defense
−0.2827th
box score 4.5 · 11th
Edge
CLE
+0.1721st
box score 3.9 allowed · 14th

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 2.

Week 2

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.