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2026 Week 2 · Sep 20, 2026 · Easy

Browns at Buccaneers final drive: call the plays

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3:444th
23CLE
1st & 10Ball on own 49
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The situation

Tampa Bay Buccaneers down 4 (19–23), 3:44 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 49. You are the play-caller for this Browns at Buccaneers final drive.

Score
Buccaneers 19, Browns 23
Clock
3:44, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 49
Timeouts
3 left (defense 1)
Difficulty
Easy
Typical win rate
37%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Todd Bowles; the defense was coached by Todd Monken.

What really happened on this drive

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The Buccaneers turned it over on downs. Final score: Buccaneers 19, Browns 23, a loss for Buccaneers.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 49, 3:44 · Screen (close)
    6-B.Mayfield pass short right to 88-C.Otton to CLE 47 for 4 yards (5-Q.Williams). CLE-33-R.Hickman was injured during the play.
  2. 2nd & 6 at the opp 47, 3:18 · Inside run (close)
    7-B.Irving right guard to CLE 42 for 5 yards (49-C.Schwesinger; 57-I.McGuire).
  3. 3rd & 1 at the opp 42, 2:37 · Play action (best call)
    6-B.Mayfield pass short left to 14-C.Godwin pushed ob at CLE 34 for 8 yards (26-M.Harden).
  4. 1st & 10 at the opp 34, 2:33 · Inside run (best call)
    7-B.Irving up the middle to CLE 28 for 6 yards (94-M.Graham; 49-C.Schwesinger).
  5. 2nd & 4 at the opp 28, 2:00 · Inside run (close)
    7-B.Irving up the middle to CLE 25 for 3 yards (96-M.Collins). ** Injury Update: CLE-33-R.Hickman has returned to the game.
  6. 3rd & 1 at the opp 25, 1:23 · Outside run (best call)
    7-B.Irving left tackle to CLE 19 for 6 yards (29-M.Blackmon).
  7. 1st & 10 at the opp 19, 0:51 · Quick out (costly)
    6-B.Mayfield pass short left to 17-T.Hurst to CLE 13 for 6 yards (29-M.Blackmon).
  8. 2nd & 14 at the opp 23, 0:38 · Deep sideline (costly)
    6-B.Mayfield pass incomplete deep left to 17-T.Hurst (29-M.Blackmon).
  9. 3rd & 14 at the opp 23, 0:33 · Outside run (big mistake)
    6-B.Mayfield scrambles right end to CLE 20 for 3 yards (49-C.Schwesinger).
  10. 4th & 11 at the opp 20, 0:22 · Deep middle (costly)
    6-B.Mayfield pass incomplete deep middle to 2-E.Egbuka.

By our grades, Todd Bowles made the best or a near-best call (green) on 3 of 10 graded snaps and gave up 3.5 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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