Browns-Bucs quick facts
Steve Doerschuk CantonRep.com sports writer @sdoerschukREP
Key facts setting up Sunday's Cleveland-at-Tampa Bay game.
BROWNS-BUCCANEERS QUICK FACTS
KICKOFF: 1 p.m.
TV: FOX, WJW-Cleveland, Sam Rosen, Ronde Barber, Shane Bacon.
LINE: Buccaneers by 3.
WEATHER: Breezy, clear, high around 85.
BUCCANEERS IN 2018: Won 48-40 at New Orleans, beat Philadelphia 27-21, lost to Pittsburgh 30-27, lost 48-10 at Chicago, bye, lost 34-29 at Atlanta.
BROWNS IN 2018: Tied Pittsburgh 21-21 (OT), lost 21-18 at New Orleans, beat New York Jets 21-17, lost 45-42 (OT) at Oakland, beat Baltimore 12-9 (OT), lost to L.A. Chargers 38-14.
DECISION MAKERS: Mark Duffner, who coached under Woody Hayes at Ohio State in the 1970s, was promoted to defensive coordinator this week after Mike Smith got fired. Duffner had been the Bucs' linebackers coach. The Bucs are ranked No. 31 in overall yards allowed, No. 32 in passing yards allowed and No. 32 in points allowed. ... Head coach Dirk Koetter and coordinator Todd Monken collaborate on offense. The Bucs rank No. 2 in yards per game (448.6), No. 1 in passing yards (368.4) and No. 8 in scoring.
QB vs. QB: Jameis Winston is in a 1-10 slump as the Bucs' starting QB. The stretch includes a game at Buffalo last Oct. 22 in which he lost a 30-27 duel against Tyrod Taylor. The No. 1 pick of the 2015 draft is in his first game against an AFC North team. His career record is 18-28. ... Thirty-four QBs have played enough to appear in the rankings for passer rating. Cleveland's Baker Mayfield (72.8) and Taylor (63.7) are No. 32 and No. 33, ahead of only Buffalo's Josh Allen (61.8).
RUNNING MEN: Of the 18 players with at least 300 rushing yards, ex-Brown Carlos Hyde (traded Friday to Jacksonville) has the worst per-carry average, 3.4. Next worst is Marshawn Lynch at 4.2. Among the top 50 yards leaders, Cleveland's Nick Chubb is No. 1 in yards per carry at 10.3. No. 2 is San Francisco's Matt Breida (6.8). ... Peyton Barber, undrafted out of Auburn in 2016, leads the Bucs with 230 yards (3.7 average).
HANDS TEAM: Six-foot-5 wideout Mike Evans, averaging just under 100 receiving yards a game, caught six passes for 137 yards against Pittsburgh recently. Johnny Manziel's former favorite target at Texas A&M was a No. 7 overall draft pick in 2014. Eleventh-year pro DeSean Jackson has caught a second wind, leading the league with a 23.9 average on 21 catches. ... Jarvis Landry leads the Browns in catches (31) and receiving yards (392). Tight end David Njoku has 27 catches. At this point last year, he had 14.
SACK TIME: Jason Pierre-Paul, who once had a 16.5-sack season for the Giants, has five sacks through his first five games with the Bucs. Myles Garrett has five sacks for the Browns. ... The Browns have allowed 26 sacks. The Bucs have allowed 11.
AFC NORTH WATCH: Bengals (4-2) 6-point underdog at Kansas City; Ravens (4-2) 2 1/2-point home favorite vs. New Orleans, Steelers (3-2-1) bye week.
SERIES: The Browns were 5-0 against the Bucs before the expansion era and are 1-3 since 1999. The teams last met in 2014 in Cleveland. The Browns won 22-17 to improve to 5-3. The last meeting in Tampa was the 2010 season opener, won 17-14 by the Bucs.
NEXT SUNDAY: Browns at Pittsburgh; Bucs at Cincinnati; Raiders at Baltimore.
— Steve Doerschuk