Browns defense is ready to dominate in the last regular-season home game
With 105 points allowed at home, Cleveland leads the league in points allowed.
This Thursday, when the Browns defence takes against the subpar Jets offence, they will have the support of a boisterous Cleveland Browns Stadium crowd. Before the playoffs begin in two weeks, the Browns defence want to give the supporters one final outstanding show. The Browns will automatically qualify for the postseason if they win.
“I think we’re 100 percent in with the win, so that’ll definitely be huge for this franchise and just everything we’ve been through this season with the injuries and things like that, it’ll definitely be good to get a win,” CB Greg Newsome II said.
Throughout the season, the Browns defence has regularly been among the best, but they have excelled at home. The Browns defence is the best in the league, having limited opponents to an average of 197.9 total yards in eight games this season.
Additionally, they lead the league in third-down conversion % (28.2) and the fewest points allowed (105) when playing at home. This season, the Browns defence has 30 sacks at home, good for a tie for first place in the league.
“We feed off the crowd, and they feed off us as well,” CB Martin Emerson Jr. said. “When we make plays, we celebrate, it’s part of why our defense has been so successful. We have fun while doing our job and love getting the crowd involved. We have the best fans in the world.”
The Browns will face a Jets offense that saw changes after QB Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending injury in the first game. The Jets have recorded the lowest total net yards in the league this season, with only 3,952 yards. They are 31st in passing with 2,597 net yards and 27th in rushing with 1,355 net yards.
“The Jets offense are sleepers,” LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah said. “You can’t sleep on them. They have 17, one of the best wide receivers in the league. They have number 20, one of the league’s best running backs. They are very versatile and fast. They are a motion team, so we have to make sure our eyes are right.”
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