The Cleveland Browns head into Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season with no chance of grabbing the top overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft order but feeling good about their Week 17 win versus the Pittsburgh Steelers. While some fans are frustrated that the Browns won a “meaningless” game last week, beating the Steelers holds a special place in the hearts of all fans.

All the Cleveland 2026 NFL mock drafts now have interesting decisions to make with the team either sitting pat to skip on a quarterback, looking to trade up, or trading down to pick up...

What can one game do?

In the mind of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanksi, the 13-6 win over division rival Pittsburgh Steelers last weekend just may have swayed the powers-that-be to keep him on for another season. Currently, the Browns are 4-12-0 overall and 1-4-0 in the division. The win was just the second in the past nine games.

The final game on the schedule is Sunday, January 4, on the road against the 6-10-0 Cincinnati Bengals with a 1:00 p.m. start.

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Stefanski had his usual Monday press conference...

The Cleveland Browns opened as 7.5-point underdogs on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals ahead of their Week 18 match-up, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The over/under on the game is 44.5.

The Browns (4-12) are coming off of a 13-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was a game that the Steelers desperately needed to clinch the AFC North, but the Browns’ defense played tough, not allowing a touchdown to Aaron Rodgers and company, even in the final moments as CB Denzel Ward came up big. QB Shedeur Sanders is 1-0 against the Steelers, although DE Myles Garrett just missed...

Winning in the NFL, especially against a division rival, can cover up a lot of issues for a team.

Take the Cleveland Browns, for example, who pulled off a somewhat surprising (but not really) victory on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The win was Cleveland’s sixth in the past seven home games against Pittsburgh, and had the bonus of denying the Steelers, who seemed more interested in stopping Myles Garrett than actually winning, a chance at clinching the division title.

Victory Mondays are always fun, of course, especially for a fanbase that has experienced so few of them these past...

The current 2026 NFL draft order has the Cleveland Browns out of position for the top two quarterbacks of this draft cycle. The Browns could use the extra pick they have from the Jacksonville Jaguars to move up a few spots, but that would assume A) they wouldn’t be outbid by a team like the New York Jets and B) a team would be willing to move down and not select a quarterback themselves.

Instead, for the first time in a while, our latest Cleveland NFL mock draft does not include a top quarterback. Last week, it was Dante Moore....

The players on the Cleveland Browns were never going to allow any kind of tanking of the season, no matter how a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers impacted the 2026 NFL draft order coming out of Week 17. Now slotted with the sixth overall pick, it is unlikely that the Browns will be picking in the first two spots and could need to trade up in this year’s NFL draft in order to acquire either QB Fernando Mendoza or QB Dante Moore.

There is a long time to argue whether either quarterback is worth a top pick, much less trading...

With the team’s 2026 draft position at stake, many Cleveland Browns fans were hoping for a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in a game that holds little significance for this season but could impact the team’s future draft standing. Following the Browns’ win, many players spoke out in support of the team and coaching staff’s commitment to winning.

Players like Joel Bitonio understood where the fans are coming from but offered some insight into what goes on in the minds of these players. “As players in this locker room, every time you go on the field, it’s a resume. This...

The rubber match against the Pittsburgh Steelers is an opportunity. A chance to right a lot of the wrongs that occurred this year.

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Pittsburgh clobbered the Cleveland Browns in Week 6, 23-9, back in mid-October. No self-respecting Browns fan wants to lose two games in a season to their hated division rivals. No, sir.

To the players, they are playing for their future jobs. That is whether it is with Cleveland next year, or another NFL club. They must close out the year on a high note and gather better stats. Contract years depend...

The NFL has not been and will probably never be content with its market share of viewers. Whether it is adding multiple games to Thanksgiving Day, the new Black Friday game, all the international matchups, adding games on Christmas Day, or their “TBD” on the entire Week 18 schedule, the NFL will do anything it can to have as many viewers as possible.

For the Cleveland Browns matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season, the numbers will not be great. The AFC North Battle of Ohio is [between two teams currently slotted with Top...

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• Browns beat the Steelers, dropping in the 2026 NFL draft order (Jared Mueller) “The Cleveland Browns knocked off the Pittsburgh...

The Cleveland Browns knocked off the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season despite not playing well themselves for three quarters of the game. Losing TE Harold Fannin Jr. after his touchdown in the 1st quarter hindered an already limited offense, while LB Carson Schwesinger was limited as he gutted out what seemed to be a couple of injuries this week.

QB Shedeur Sanders struggled for much of the game, including his biggest flaw rearing its head again, but the Browns beat their rival, something some fans are celebrating despite [the loss of position in the 2026...

The Cleveland Browns knocked off the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season to continue their recent home dominance over their AFC North rival. An ugly game with some rain and wind impacting the play, QB Aaron Rodgers did everything he could to keep DE Myles Garrett from getting the single-season sack record, succeeding in that goal but losing the game and putting the AFC North title up in the air in Week 18 versus the Baltimore Ravens.

For the Browns, their fourth victory coming over their division rival is huge but impacts [their 2026 NFL draft...