Cleveland Browns vs. New York Giants: Predictions for Sunday Night Football – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s Sunday Night Football as the Browns hit prime time for the second week in a row against the Giants. Both teams have a lot on the line in this one. The Giants are fighting to stay alive in the NFC East. The Browns are inching closer to ending the league’s longest playoff drought.

Here are cleveland.com’s staff predictions for Sunday’s game.

Doug Lesmerises (12-1): Browns 35, Giants 16

Browns get their best corner back, Giants lose their best corner; Browns quarterback is trending up, Giants quarterbacks are question marks.

Mary Kay Cabot (8-5): Browns 34, Giants 17

Freddie Kitchens’ grudge match doesn’t end well for him.

Hayden Grove (8-5): Browns 35, Giants 24

The Browns didn’t make THE statement, but they made A statement: they’re NOT the same ol’ Browns. They’ll prove it by putting a tough loss to Baltimore behind them and winning on Sunday Night Football.

Dan Labbe (8-5): Browns 28, Giants 21

Freddie Kitchens doesn’t wear brown and orange anymore, so he doesn’t matter in the outcome of this one.

Scott Patsko (8-5): Browns 31, Giants 23

Freddie Kitchens will be calling plays and Kevin Zeitler, Jabrill Peppers, Jabaal Sheard and maybe even Colt McCoy will be on the field. But the Browns overcome the Ghosts of Failures Past.

Terry Pluto (8-5): Browns 27, Giants 17

Can you say 10-4?

Ellis Williams (8-5): Browns 31, Giants 17

The Browns have never lost consecutive games under Kevin Stefanski. That trend continues behind a more balanced offensive game plan in New York.