Cleveland plays host to the Buffalo Bills Sunday at Huntington Bank Field where the eyes of Browns fans, and perhaps all of the NFL, will be on Myles Garrett.
The Browns are coming off a 31-3 loss against the Bears in Chicago where rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders completed 19 of 33 passes for 177 yards but couldn’t find the end zone.
The Browns (3-11) and the Bills (10-4) will play at 1 p.m. in Cleveland.
Browns player to watch
DE Myles Garrett. With 21 1/2 sacks, the All-Pro pass rusher needs 1 1/2 to pass the single-season record held by Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan (2001 with the New York Giants) and Pittsburgh’s TJ Watt (2021). He has eight straight games with at least a full sack, which is tied for the third-longest in-season streak in league history. Garrett, who also leads the league with 32 tackles for a loss, has one sack against Buffalo’s Josh Allen in two meetings.
Bills player to watch
RB James Cook. The fourth-year running back ranks second in the NFL with 1,415 yards rushing and is coming off his eighth 100-yard outing. He scored on two TD runs and caught a touchdown pass against New England. The Bills are 7-1 when Cook tops 100 yards rushing.
Key Matchup
Cook vs. Browns defense. Cook has at least 100 yards from scrimmage in a league-high 11 games this season. The Browns have allowed 137.9 rushing yards per game in their last seven contests, the seventh-highest in the league in that span.
Key injuries
Bills: OT Chase Lundt (knee), DT Jordan Phillips (ankle) and K Matt Prater (quadriceps) have been ruled out. … CB Christian Benford’s is in position to return after missing one game with a toe injury. … LB Terrel Bernard is also trending toward returning after missing three games with an elbow injury.
Browns: OG Wyatt Teller is expected to return after missing the past two games due to a calf injury. … OT Jack Conklin (concussion), TE David Njoku (knee), RB Dylan Sampson (hand) and CB Denzel Ward (calf) have been ruled out.
Series notes
The teams’ last meeting was scheduled to be played at Orchard Park, New York, but moved to Detroit due to a snowstorm hitting the region. … The Bills have won five of the past seven, with both losses coming at Cleveland. … On Dec. 16, 2007, the Browns defeated Buffalo 8-0 in Cleveland in an outing played in near whiteout conditions. The Bills were forced to bus home a day later after their plane skidded off the runway. Two years later at Orchard Park, the Browns beat the Bills 6-3 in a game in which Cleveland’s Derek Anderson went 2 of 17 for 23 yards and an interception. The game was decided on Billy Cundiff’s 18-yard field goal in the final minute and after Buffalo’s Roscoe Parrish fumbled a punt at his own 16.
