{"id":10939,"date":"2025-10-19T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/10939\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:48:08","slug":"cleveland-browns-vs-miami-dolphins-week-7-predictions-wind-rain-and-bad-football-someone-has-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/10939\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns vs. Miami Dolphins Week 7 Predictions – Wind, rain, and bad football, someone has to win"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns<\/a> take on the Miami Dolphins. Below, we analyze a few advantages, disadvantages, or general thoughts about the two teams before getting to our predictions for the game.<\/p>\n

The Sad State of Affairs We\u2019ve Come To<\/p>\n

\"CLEVELAND,<\/a><\/p>\n

CLEVELAND, OHIO – DECEMBER 29: Head coach Kevin Stefanski of the Cleveland Browns and head coach Mike McDaniel of the Miami Dolphins embrace after the game at Huntington Bank Field on December 29, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll still get excited if the Browns win, sure. But I don\u2019t blame Myles Garrett one bit for picking his nails and being critical of the offense this past week. When he requested a trade earlier this offseason, I understood the sentiment, but thought the Browns should hang on to him for what he meant to the defense. And now, I feel defeated, just like I\u2019m sure Garrett is.<\/p>\n

The whole reason he made that pitch during the offseason was because he saw this coming and didn\u2019t want to experience it again: seeing an offense that was incapable of doing anything. How many years are we going to waste a good defense with an incompetent offense? Just like I think back to when this team had a young offensive line, Nick Chubb, and Baker Mayfield, all set to be in their prime. And now, they\u2019re either gone or aged, and there are so many positions that need to be upgraded in the future that it\u2019s crazy how behind this offense is.<\/p>\n

This week, the Browns take on the Miami Dolphins, and it\u2019s a bad 1-5 team against a bad 1-5 team. Sure, something has to give, but gone is any sense of confidence I have in this club. Even if you look at all of the weaknesses the Dolphins may have, I can\u2019t even, as a writer, get excited about breaking down those things because Cleveland\u2019s offense is such a mess that anyone can stop them. This team needs to play sharp on all cylinders just to even try to squeeze out two touchdowns in a game, but they have issues catching the ball, Dillon Gabriel was rattled in his second start, and it seems like someone is missing a key block on every play. David Njoku as also been ruled out this week, and who knows what the offensive tackle position will bring us.<\/p>\n

Rain is expected to play a factor during the game, and the wind should also play a factor. I don\u2019t think highly of Tua in those situations, so I think both teams will have issues trying to move the ball. Will it come down to which team has the ball slip out of or through their hands in the conditions, setting up a short field for the other? Perhaps. Even if the Browns got something together this week that was positive, the weather conditions will make it challenging for us to really be able to say, \u201cWe saw some improvement,\u201d as opposed to just chalking up to the conditions going our way this week. A sad state of affairs indeed.<\/p>\n

Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz talked about trying to figure out their inability to stop teams in the red zone from scoring touchdowns:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I mean, we\u2019re working really hard, and it\u2019s come from different places. I think the double move was just outside of the red zone. Generally, the best run teams play good red zone defense, and we\u2019ve allowed some rushing touchdowns in there close, like Minnesota (Vikings), just shoved it right up in the A gap. And then early in the year, I thought there were sometimes where, it\u2019s hard to stop them in the red zone, but we took the field after some turnovers or things like that, and we played like three really good plays, they go for it on fourth down and make it. We just got to keep grinding it, we got to play physical down there, we got to take the run away and get back on the right side of that, because having a chance to hold them the field goals or force long field goals is paramount to keeping the score down, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was asked about throwing with the windy conditions:<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I mean, you gotta spin it in the wind. Dillon does that pretty well. Throws a pretty tight ball. Obviously, you got to play on time, you know, some balls that maybe get away with late, but if you\u2019re playing on time, playing on rhythm, hopefully you\u2019re pretty efficient still. And then there\u2019s probably some things, if the wind\u2019s really blowing, and you\u2019re going into it, maybe you\u2019re waiting until the field flips, but try not to focus too much on the exterior factors there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone talked about the Browns\u2019 running into the punter penalty last week:<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. I mean, on the actual, like was the penalty, the right call? Yeah, I think so. I mean, it was, look, here\u2019s the thing. Like, I would have made the same call. I mean, they cut a guy free to the punter. We\u2019ve got to do a better job of being able to avoid the contact there. It\u2019s either get the block, get the ball or get away, so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some other notes to look forward to:<\/p>\n

I am typically an optimistic guy, though, so I\u2019ll offer up one note that is positive: Cleveland has the softest schedule in the NFL, including games against the Dolphins, Jets, and Titans. If somehow, the Browns got their act together, there is certainly still a chance to make a comeback in this weakened AFC North. But the weeks can\u2019t keep going on with the loss column getting bigger and bigger.Cleveland likes running two tight end sets, so Blake Whiteheart should see a bigger role this week. We\u2019ll see if he gets any receptions too.If you thought the Browns were predictable with short passes before, then Miami\u2019s defense should really be ready to bring everyone up to the line in this game. Of course, knowing the Browns, this will be the type of game where they try to trick everyone and come out attempting to throw bombs down the field.<\/p>\n

Here are predictions from multiple staff members at DBN:<\/p>\n

Chris Pokorny: \u201cI really do think Miami is a bad team too, and that they won\u2019t play good in the weather conditions either. Then again, Miami was supposed to be a bad December road team, and last year, they walked Tyler Huntley into Cleveland and beat us 20-3. Ugh. I\u2019m taking the Browns here off of a coin flip of bad football and turnovers that end up going our way.\u201d Browns 14, Dolphins 7 <\/p>\n

Jared Mueller: \u201cIt is just no fun to assume the Browns will lose, so I might as well assume that the betting lines have been accurate and the home team will come out on the winning side. The pending weather, at least forecasted, could make things difficult for both teams but, to some extent, the Browns should have the advantage in wind and rain.\u201d Browns 21, Dolphins 17<\/p>\n

Curtiss Brown: \u201cI don\u2019t know how this game is going to go. I don\u2019t. Both teams are 1-5, but the Miami Dolphins 1-5 feels different than the Cleveland Browns 1-5. The vibes around Miami have been bad since training camp and with Tua calling players out for not attending or showing up late to players only-meetings, that just speaks how bad things are for them. As for Cleveland, the vibe is more frustration if anything. Surprisingly enough, the locker room hasn\u2019t turned on each other but when you lose, it takes a toll on you. Especially with how they have been losing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to be positive about the team when they are losing, and if even if you are people will make assumptions. I\u2019m assuming whoever loses this game will likely lose their coach and the weather is going to be bad. Who knows how this is going to go? Coin flip I guess.\u201d Dolphins 22, Browns 20<\/p>\n

Barry Shuck: \u201cOh my gosh. A winnable game for the Browns! Two wins combined for both clubs. At this point, neither team seems headed to a playoff berth, but the goal should be to get eight or nine wins and call it a day. Actually, Cleveland has a favorable schedule coming up: Dolphins, Patriots, bye week, Jets, Ravens, Raiders. Every single one of these games, the Browns can win. But it takes getting the \u201cW\u201d over Miami first. Actually, scoring more than 20 points would be a victory, eh?\u201d Browns 17, Dolphins 6<\/p>\n

Ezweav: \u201cNow is the autumn of our discontent. It\u2019s just been lousy all year, and even heading into a game where it all seems pretty favorable, it still just seems futile. Miami\u2019s defense is awful, but then so is our offense. This is the quintessential \u2018resistable force versus moveable object\u2019 matchup. Defensively we probably hold the advantage, albeit the last two weeks have been rough.<\/p>\n

Hard to see a loss but also hard to see a win.\u201d Browns 16, Dolphins 16<\/p>\n

Who do you think will win, Browns fans? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns take on the Miami Dolphins. Below, we analyze a few advantages, disadvantages, or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10394,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-10939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-cleveland-browns-game-information","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}