Cleveland Browns vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Quick Answer
As of July 30, 2026, our model favors the Buccaneers by 4 in Cleveland Browns vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL Week 2 2026 — 62% to win, and Buccaneers 18th of 32, Browns 25th. Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-26SEP20CLETB yet, so there is no price to compare: when it opens, Buccaneers at 57c or below (or Browns at 33c or below) is where the model would take a position.
CLE
-2.0
TB
-0.5
Browns
38%
model win prob
Buccaneers
62%
model win prob
KXNFLGAME-26SEP20CLETBhasn't opened yet, so there is no price to compare. When it does, the model buys the Buccaneers at 57c or below, or the Browns at 33c or below — a five-point threshold either way. The market column fills in automatically.
Power-rating comparison
What the model sees in Browns at Buccaneers
The Browns travel to face the Buccaneers in Week 2. Our power ratings put the Buccaneers 18th of 32 at -0.5 (Average tier) and the Browns 25th at -2.0 (Average tier) — a 1.5-point gap that home field widens to a 4-point line on the Buccaneers, 62% to win. It rates as the 13th-widest of the 16 games in Week 2.
The defense wins the headline matchup here: the Buccaneers grade -1.1 on that side of the ball (20th of 32) against a Browns offense at -3.7 (31st) — 2.6 points the wrong way for the offense. Going the other direction, the Buccaneers offense (+0.5, 18th) meets the Browns defense (+1.9, 3rd), a 1.4-point gap.
Season-long, the model can barely split them: 8.3 projected wins for the Buccaneers against 7.9 for the Browns, favored in 7 and 6 of their 17 respectively. Two teams heading for the same neighborhood in the standings tend to produce exactly this kind of line. This game sits 15th-hardest on the Buccaneers' schedule and 3rd-hardest on the Browns'.
One team has owned this series: the Buccaneers are 4-2 in 6 regular-season meetings since 2002. They last met in 2022: Browns won 23-17 in November. Over their last 4 meetings the Buccaneers are 2-2. Worth saying plainly — the model does not know any of that. It reads 2026 ratings and nothing else, so a lopsided series is a story, not a number on this page.
Does the model earn this number? In 666 of the 3266 walk-forward games it has been graded on (2013-2024, no market line used), it landed in the 60-65% range. Those favourites went 59%. The 62% on the Buccaneers here sits in that same band, and the history runs slightly behind the claim.
Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-26SEP20CLETB, so there is no price on the board and no edge to quote. The model's number to hold it to: Buccaneers 62%, Browns 38%. Applying our five-point threshold, that makes Buccaneers contracts a buy at 57c or below and Browns contracts a buy at 33c or below — anything between is inside the noise, and we pass. Week 1's KXNFLGAME contracts opened in May 2026 and the rest of the slate lists as the season gets closer; this page picks up the price automatically when it does.
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Browns vs Buccaneers — frequently asked
Who is favored in Browns vs Buccaneers in Week 2?
Our power-rating model favors the Buccaneers by 4 points, a 62% win probability over the Browns. The Buccaneers rate 18th of 32 (-0.5) and the Browns 25th (-2.0); Kalshi has not listed KXNFLGAME-26SEP20CLETB yet, so the model line is the only number on the board.
What is the biggest mismatch in Browns vs Buccaneers?
Browns offense (-3.7, 31st of 32) against Buccaneers defense (-1.1, 20th) — 2.6 points of separation on our scale, the widest unit gap in the game.
How do you take a position on Browns vs Buccaneers?
The contract will be KXNFLGAME-26SEP20CLETB on Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated exchange open to traders in all 50 states. It has not opened yet; when it does, the model would take the Buccaneers at 57c or below, or the Browns at 33c or below. There is no point spread — you buy a yes or no contract on a team and it settles at $1 or $0.
When and where do the Buccaneers host the Browns?
Cleveland Browns visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, September 20, 2026 — a Sunday game in NFL Week 2, at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL.
What does the model project for the Buccaneers and Browns this season?
Across all 17 games the model projects the Buccaneers at 8.3 wins (favored in 7) and the Browns at 7.9 (favored in 6). This game ranks 15th-hardest on the Buccaneers' schedule and 3rd-hardest on the Browns', by model win probability.
How often does the model win when it is 62% on a team like the Buccaneers?
59% of the time. Over 3266 walk-forward games from 2013-2024 — trained only on prior seasons, no market line as an input — the model put a team in the 60-65% range 666 times, and those teams won 59% of them. The Buccaneers at 62% over the Browns sit in that band, off a 4-point model line. Straight-up across all 3266 graded games the model picked winners at 59.6%, with a Brier score of 0.236 against 0.25 for a coin flip.
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