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Vikings vs. Browns | Week 4
Noon (CT) | Sunday, Oct. 3 | U.S. Bank Stadium
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Series Results
Vikings W-L-T: 12-4 (includes 1-0 in playoffs)
Home: 7-2; Away: 4-2; Neutral: 1-0
Last time in regular season: Vikings defeated Browns 33-16 at Twickenham Stadium in England on Oct. 29, 2017
Last time in regular season in Minnesota: Browns defeated Vikings 31-27 on Sept. 22, 2013
2020 Stats
Cleveland offense
The Browns are one of a few teams that can say they ran the ball better than the Vikings last season. Cleveland ranked third in rushing yards (148.4 per game) and fifth in touchdowns (21) and yards per rush (4.8). Minnesota ranked fifth, sixth and fourth, respectively, with 142.7 rushing yards per game, 20 touchdowns and an average of 4.9 yards.
Cleveland ranked third in the NFL with an average drive time of 3:00 in 2020.
Cleveland defense
Myles Garrett led the Browns with 12 sacks in 2020, helping Cleveland record 38 as a team for the second consecutive season.
Cleveland ranked 31st in the NFL last season with an allowance rate of 81.5 percent on fourth downs as opponents converted 22 of 27 tries.
Browns Roster Refresher
Added: Edge Takkarist McKinley, DT Malik Jackson, Edge Jadeveon Clowney, LB Malcolm Smith, LB Anthony Walker, CB Troy Hill, S John Johnson III
First two picks of 2021 NFL Draft: Northwestern cornerback Greg Newsome II at No. 26 overall and Notre Dame linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah at 52
Departed (new team if player has signed or was traded)/contract expired/waived/unsigned: DE Adrian Clayborn, DE Olivier Vernon, DT Larry Ogunjobi, DT Sheldon Richardson, LB B.J. Goodson, CB Kevin Johnson, CB Terrance Mitchell II (Texans), S Karl Joseph (Raiders), S Andrew Sendejo
Icebreakers
Former Vikings Offensive Coordinator Kevin Stefanski immediately built on his years as an assistant in Minnesota with an incredible debut campaign in which Cleveland went 11-5 in the regular season and won a playoff game for the first time since a certain coach named Bill Belichick led the 1994 Browns to an 11-5 mark and postseason victory. In between Belichick's run ending after the 1995 season and Stefanski's arrival, the Browns didn't have a team from 1996-98 and went through 11 head coaches (including interim) from 1999-2019. ... Nick Chubb ranked fourth in the NFL with an average of 5.6 yards per rush and scored a career-best 12 touchdowns in 2020. … Jarvis Landry led the Browns with 72 catches for 840 yards, and others, including TE Austin Hooper (46 for 435) and WR Rashard Higgins (37 for 599), chipped in for a squad that missed WR Odell Beckham, Jr., for most of the season. … After throwing 35 interceptions in his first two seasons, Baker Mayfield reduced that number to eight in 2020.
— By @pcraigers