Cleveland Browns vs. Chicago Bears picks: Who will win on Sunday?

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns continue their chase for a playoff spot on Sunday when they welcome the Bears to town for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Browns snapped a two-game losing streak last week with a win over the Jaguars.

The Bears have won three out of their last four and, even at 5-8, are still in the race for the NFC Wild Card.

Here are cleveland.com’s staff picks for Sunday’s game between two classic Midwest foes. The line was Browns favored by 3 when picks were requested.

At some point the injuries and the turnovers have to catch up to this team when they least expect it, right?

This is going to be a weird trap game and the Browns’ litany of injuries will finally catch up to them.

Cleveland’s injuries are reaching a breaking point. And Justin Fields … might be figuring it out?

Defensive home dominance continues as the offense brings balanced scoring.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day has the lost the battle, the war and, as of Monday morning, the weapon he once trusted to win both.

Now-former OSU quarterback Kyle McCord entered the transfer portal this week, and by doing so, he signaled surrender in Day’s competition against the One Who Got Away. Perhaps Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who vowed to “kill” Ohio State after feeling the Buckeyes lied to him during the same recruiting cycle that yielded McCord, has been fighting a one-sided skirmish these last few years. Ohio State never corroborated McCarthy’s story, and Day has never spoken an ill word about his archrival’s quarterback.

The Bears have won three out of their last four and, even at 5-8, are still in the race for the NFC Wild Card.

Here are cleveland.com’s staff picks for Sunday’s game between two classic Midwest foes. The line was Browns favored by 3 when picks were requested.