It is Week 2, and this week, the Cleveland Browns had an average power ranking of 28.3, which is nearly two spots higher than they ranked to open the season. That is what an early-season morale victory does for you, but that ranking would have probably been several spots higher had Cleveland actually been able to pull off the win. Like we saw, the impression was that the Browns should have won against the Bengals with a strong defensive effort, and also putting themselves in position to score a few more times. In typical Cleveland fashion, it didn’t pan out.

Here is a summary of how the Cleveland Browns are viewed across mainstream media outlets in NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season.

The defense did its part against the Bengals, but the offense didn’t score eno

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