Bengals vs. Browns: How to watch, schedule, live stream info, game time, TV channel

How to watch Bengals vs. Browns football game

By Scout Staff

Oct 25, 2020 at 3:20 pm ET • 2 min read

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The Cincinnati Bengals were expected to take an 'L' in this one, but so far it isn't playing out to script. They currently hold a slight 20-17 lead over the Cleveland Browns.

The Bengals have been riding high on the performance of WR Tyler Boyd, who has caught nine passes for one TD and 77 yards. Cleveland has been led by TE Harrison Bryant, who so far has caught four passes for two TDs and 56 yards.

Cincinnati's lead doesn't mean much since they have only won 25% games in which they are up at the end of the third quarter. In fact, this is -- oddly enough -- worse than their overall win percentage of 17%. We'll see how things play out.

Who's Playing

Cleveland @ Cincinnati

Current Records: Cleveland 4-2; Cincinnati 1-4-1

What to Know

This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns are hoping to patch up the holes in a defense that has allowed an average of 31.17 points per game. Cleveland and the Cincinnati Bengals will face off in an AFC North battle at 1 p.m. ET Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. The Browns won't have the home-field advantage, but they do enjoy a 3.5-point advantage in the spread.

Cleveland has to be hurting after a devastating 38-7 loss at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. Cleveland was down 31-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from. QB Baker Mayfield had a memorable game, but not in the way you want to be remembered: despite one touchdown, he threw two interceptions with only 119 yards passing.

Meanwhile, Cincinnati didn't finish too far behind, but the team still lost 31-27 to the Indianapolis Colts last week. Cincinnati was up 14 to nothing at the end of the first quarter but couldn't hold on to the lead. No one had a standout game offensively for the Bengals, but they got scores from RB Giovani Bernard and RB Joe Mixon. QB Joe Burrow ended up with a passer rating of 126.40.

The Browns are the favorite in this one, with an expected 3.5-point margin of victory. Those burned by picking them against the spread last week might want to keep in mind that the squad has never dropped back-to-back games against the spread this season.

The losses put Cleveland at 4-2 and Cincinnati at 1-4-1. Cleveland doesn't typically stay down for long -- they're 1-0 after losses this year -- so the Bengals (0-2-1 after losses) won't have an easy go of it.