3 Reasons the Cleveland Browns will beat Miami Dolphins in Week 10

The Cleveland Browns need a win in Week 10 and here are four reasons they will get that against the Miami Dolphins. A win in Week 8 changed quite a bit for the Cleveland Browns. They’re still just 3-5 on the season but they’re 2-1 in the AFC North and have just three more games until Deshaun Watson is allowed to return to the field. Those games will be tough as they face the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers but that doesn’t mean Cleveland can’t reel off a couple of wins in that stretch. In fact, we look at four reasons to believe they’ll start this stretch off with a win in Week 10 over Miami.

While he knows his job is temporary, Brissett has been a solid leader. He’s played as well as can be expected and has kept the offense focused. Now heading to Miami, where he was a starter in 2021, Brissett says he doesn’t care about going home — he was also born and raised in Florida — but that winning is the only thing that matters. Of course, much more goes into a win than simple words but the Browns are starting to sound like a confident team. Chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta said as much recently when he stated that good things are on the way in the second half of the season for Cleveland. It’s been nice to see a little swagger coming back as this team was struggling to find much hope during their four-game losing streak but suddenly sees a reason to believe.

Miami is dangerous through the air. That’s not surprising at all given the fact that they employ both Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill. Through their first nine games, they’ve already gained 2,642 yards through the air with 18 touchdowns. That’s good enough for second in the NFL in yards, which is beyond impressive when you realize they’re 15th in passing attempts. This means they’re eating up chunks of yardage with Hill recording 1,104 yards on 76 receptions (an average of 14.5 per catch) and Waddle adding 812 yards on 47 catches (17.3 per grab). That’s not going to be easy to deal with but the good news for Cleveland is that their secondary is finally healthy — and most importantly, Denzel Ward will be back. The former No. 4 overall pick from 2018 hasn’t had his best campaign but he’s still the fastest member of the Cleveland secondary. Ward ran a blistering 4.32 at the Scouting Combine and might be one of the few players in the league that can run with Miami’s explosive duo. While Ward was out due to a concussion, it afforded more snaps for rookie Martin Emerson and he was able to showcase just how good he can be. Throw in the fact that Greg Newsome is able to stick with almost any receiver and the Browns have the talent to keep the Dolphins from running away with this one — as long as they stay focused and disciplined, which has been the question this year.

This has easily been the best season for Nick Chubb in his five-year career. The former second-round pick out of Georgia already has 841 yards as he’s on pace to break his previous best of 1,494 with ease. He’s also set to shatter his career-high 12 touchdowns with 10 in just the first eight games. Chubb has three games with multiple touchdowns already and is second in the NFL in yards on the ground — and not that far behind the leader, Derrick Henry. As for the Dolphins, their defense hasn’t been great at stopping the run. After nine games, they’ve given up 1,057 yards and 11 touchdowns which means there will be a lot of running room for Chubb.

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