Another week, another less-than-stellar performance from JC Latham

For an OT whose calling card is his anchor, he gets shellshocked at the point of attack far too often pic.twitter.com/bIwUKqC78I

— Drew Beatty (@IronCityFilm) November 25, 2025

As the wind whips off Lake Erie and the temperature drops, the Cleveland Browns prepare to host the Tennessee Titans at Huntington Bank Field this Sunday in a matchup that has become about much more than just draft positioning.

In what has been a tumultuous 2025 season defined by roster turnover and injury plagued trenches, this Week 14 contest offers a rare opportunity for individual history and future evaluation.

Despite the Browns and Titans being well outside of frame in the playoff picture, the atmosphere in Cleveland will be charged with the anticipation of witnessing greatness.

All eyes are on the defensive front, where a franchise legend is on the brink of immortality, and under center, where a rookie quarterback fights to prove he belongs. With a battered offensive line facing a menacing Titans interior, this game promises to be a gritty, old-school slugfest where every yard is earned and every possession is precious.

1. Myles Garrett Stands Alone

The headline story of Sunday isn’t the scoreboard, but the history book.

Myles Garrett enters this game just four sacks shy of breaking the all-time NFL single-season sack record. While four sacks in a single game is a herculean task for most, it is well within the realm of possibility for the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, especially given the matchup.

Expect defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz to isolate Garrett on tackle JC Latham early and often, trusting his superstar to exploit the young players technique, or lack thereof.

With the Titans likely forced to pass to move the chains, Garrett will feast. The future Hall of Famer will break the sack record in front of the home crowd and cementing his legacy as one of the greatest to ever play the game.

2. Shedeur Sanders’ Wild Ride Continues

The Shedeur Sanders experiment will see another chaotic chapter this Sunday. The rookie signal-caller has shown flashes of brilliance mixed with lingering mistakes through his 2.5 games as QB1.

This Sunday will be more of the same.

Sanders will do enough to win this game, making a handful of clutch throws on third down and using his legs to extend broken plays, but he won’t do enough to silence the doubters. He will likely take a few bad sacks and perhaps commit a turnover that keeps the game closer than it should be.

The narrative leaving Sunday will remain unchanged. Sanders is talented enough to win games, but he has yet to prove he is worthy of quarterbacking for Cleveland in 2026.

3. The Browns Offense Will Be Dominated in the Trenches

Cleveland’s offensive line is limping into this matchup, fielding its eighth different combination of linemen this season. The absence of veterans Jack Conklin and Wyatt Teller is a massive blow, forcing KT Leveston and Teven Jenkins into the starting lineup.

Unfortunately for them, the strength of this Titans team is their interior defensive line.

Jeffery Simmons is one of the league’s elite disruptors and will look to bully Teven Jenkins on every snap, collapsing the pocket before Sanders can finish his drop.

Meanwhile, the massive T’Vondre Sweat will serve as an immovable object, clogging running lanes and forcing the Browns to become one-dimensional.

The Titans’ defensive front will control the line of scrimmage, keeping the score low and the tension high.

4. Dylan Sampson Breaks the Game Open

With the offensive line struggling to generate a consistent push for power back Quinshon Judkins, and Jerome Ford occupied with pass-blocking duties to protect Sanders, the Browns will turn to the electric speed of Dylan Sampson to spark the offense.

As shown already this season, he only needs one crease to make a difference.

Look for another screen pass or an outside zone run in the second half where Sampson catches the aggressive Titans defense over-pursuing. He will utilize his game-breaking speed to turn a routine play into a long touchdown. In a game where offense is at a premium, this explosive play will be the deciding factor.

5. Browns Win, 13-6

This will not be a pretty game. It will be a defensive struggle defined by sacks, punts, and field position battles.

The Titans’ defensive line will stifle the Browns’ offense for most of the day, but they won’t be able to account for the brilliance of Myles Garrett or the sudden speed of Dylan Sampson. Cleveland’s defense will strangle the Titans’ attack, and the Browns will do just enough to scrape by with a victory.