Cleveland Browns vs. Bengals: 3 Bold predictions for Week 16

The Cleveland Browns are set to host the Cincinnati Bengals and we have three bold predictions to look out for in the Week 16 contest between AFC North rivals

No two games had bigger circles around them for the Cleveland Browns after firing Hue Jackson than the two against the Cincinnati Bengals. That’s because the team had enough of Jackson throwing them all under the bus and as soon as he landed on the Bengals sideline, beating them meant they were beating Hue.

For years, the narrative was that the team loved Jackson and laid it all on the line for him. The truth is, he blamed them all for his shortcomings and even held a media tour after he was fired to point fingers at everyone not named Hue.

His self-proclamations of greatness were held back by this pathetic roster and he even said no one could do as good a job as he did with these players when he ended up 1-31 in two seasons. He continued to think he was the messiah and they were the problem. Then after going 2-5-1, the front office fired him and they’re now 4-2 without Jackson.

So yes, he was the problem as they look to win more games in seven tries than he did in 40. And on top of that, they can try and embarrass him once again as they did in Week 12. The team admitted they wanted to beat Jackson and Baker Mayfield wouldn’t even hug him — which upset a lot of people for some odd reason.

Now after the backlash for the hug-block — and for Mayfield calling out Hue as fake (just so you know, Jackson got no backlash for calling out the players) — the Browns are ready to send Cincy out of First Energy Stadium with a big loss. Here we look at three things we can expect to see in the game.