The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 4 Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons Sunday afternoon game.
| Cleveland | Rank | @ | Atlanta | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | Spread | 2 | ||
| 25.75 | Implied Total | 23.75 | ||
| 28.3 | 6 | Points/Gm | 26.7 | 9 |
| 24 | 23 | Points All./Gm | 27 | 26 |
| 70 | 6 | Plays/Gm | 60.3 | 23 |
| 57.3 | 4 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 63 | 14 |
| 5.4 | 15 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.9 | 9 |
| 5.6 | 18 | Def. Yards/Play | 6 | 25 |
| 54.29% | 2 | Rush% | 53.04% | 4 |
| 45.71% | 31 | Pass% | 46.96% | 29 |
| 35.47% | 9 | Opp. Rush % | 35.98% | 10 |
| 64.53% | 24 | Opp. Pass % | 64.02% | 23 |
- The Falcons and Browns are two of the three teams (Lions being the other) that have had all three of their games played go over the game total to open the season.
- The Browns lead the league in first down rushing rate (69.9%) while Atlanta is fourth (65.9%).
- Cleveland has reached the red zone on 41.9% of their drives (second) while Atlanta has reached the red zone on 37.5% (fifth).
- Cleveland has scored on 48.4% (15-of-31) of their drives, second in the NFL.
- Cleveland running backs are averaging a league-high 37.7 touches per game.
- Atlanta is 30th in success rate allowed per rush (50.0%) and 31st in success rate allowed per dropback (56.9%).
Quarterback
Jacoby Brissett: Brissett has had back-to-back solid showings here, posting 15.5 points (QB17) and 17.9 points (QB10). Through three weeks, Brissett is now ninth in the league in completion rate (66.3%), aided by a depth of target of 6.4 yards (29th), which had led to 6.5 yards per pass attempt (26th).
Brissett has been playing a caretaker role attached to a run-heavy approach that has been trampling opponents to open the year. These past two weeks have also come against the Jets and Steelers, but Brissett gets another favorable opponent here indoors against the Falcons.
Atlanta is allowing a league-high 71.9% completion rate, 7.6 yards per pass attempt (24th), and a 6.1% touchdown rate (26th) to Jameis Winston, Matthew Stafford, and Geno Smith.
Things get tougher for the Browns in upcoming weeks, but Brissett has another solid outlook as a matchup-based QB2.
