editionTier

LEGENDARY

Player Name

Carson Schwesinger

playerFirstName

Carson

playerLastName

Schwesinger

playerPosition

LB

playType

Sack

seriesName

2025 Season

setName

Rookie Honors

teamName

Cleveland Browns

awayTeamName

Buffalo Bills

awayTeamScore

23

description

There isn’t an official checklist for what first-year NFL players need to be great, but if there were, box No. 1 would likely be something along the lines of: fearlessness against the league’s already-established greats. Carson Schwesinger’s Defensive Player of the Year-winning tape was built on such examples; on Dec. 21, 2025 — in Cleveland’s faceoff against the league’s then-reigning Most Valuable Player, he added another during a rapid-fire chasedown sack, alongside a 13-yard loss. The clutch 3rd & 9 play both demonstrated Schwesinger’s already-veteran-like instincts, and sidelined the Bills’ high-powered offense. Buffalo prevailed in a 23-20 finish, but Schwesinger’s loaded box score became a case-builder, as he continued one of the great tackling seasons in Browns history through a 14-takedown, one-sack performance.

editionID

6012

gameDate

12/21/2025