Las Vegas Raiders at Cleveland Browns: Game preview and prediction
By Brad Weiss
The Las Vegas Raiders are looking for win No. 4 in Week 8 on Sunday, and here is our official game preview and prediction for the matchup in Cleveland.
For the third time this season, the Las Vegas Raiders will head East, as they travel to Cleveland to take on the 5-2 Browns. Coming off a tough loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Raiders will look to get back on track, and should have two big names returning to the lineup in right tackle Trent Brown and safety Johnathan Abram.
The return of Brown and Abram bolsters both sides of the ball, and the Raiders will need both of them to play at a high level against this Browns team. Cleveland has a dominant edge rusher in Myles Garrett, who will have to be accounted for all game long, and Abram will have to patrol a secondary that will be tasked with stopping the likes of David Njoku and Jarvis Landry.
Las Vegas has had to navigate a tough early-season slate, as they have yet to play a bad team so far, but have still managed to get to 3-3. The 5-2 Browns are looking to keep pace in a tough AFC North, so they will be ready in what will be cold and wet playing conditions inside FirstEnergy Stadium Sunday afternoon.
Here is our game preview and prediction for Week 8.