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During the season, Cleveland Browns fans vote in SB Nation Reacts to express their confidence level in the team or their thoughts on other topics.
The Browns are coming off a loss to the Baltimore Ravens, but with Shedeur Sanders set to make his first career start this Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders, fan confidence increased by 13 percentage points up to 23%. That’s nothing to write home about, but it’s still indicative of the optimism fans are trying to hang on to in this dismal, 2-8 season. The Raiders don’t have that same degree of faith right now,...
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This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns take on the Las Vegas Raiders. Below, we analyze a few advantages, disadvantages, or general thoughts about the two teams before getting to our predictions for the game.
Today is a big day for the future of the Cleveland Browns. While one game doesn’t dictate a player’s NFL career, right now, the Browns figure to be poised to draft a quarterback high in the 2026 NFL Draft. One player has the ability to compel Cleveland to alter their decision: Shedeur Sanders.
The fan excitement is there surrounding Sanders, who received first...
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Make no mistake, Week 12 of the NFL season is all about QB Shedeur Sanders. Read again, we didn’t just say that Week 12 for the Cleveland Browns is all about QB Shedeur Sanders, but most of the NFL. The coverage around Sanders’ first start has been predictably wild. Browns fans should be rooting for his success, even if they are rooting for 2026 NFL draft order positioning.
Given all the variables, Sanders has little chance to change Cleveland’s draft plans, but could impact their 2026 NFL draft order starting this week versus the Las Vegas Raiders.
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No matter your feelings on the hype around him, how he performed in preseason and his first NFL action, his famous father, or your predraft evaluations, Cleveland Browns fans should be rooting for QB Shedeur Sanders to prove today that he is a franchise quarterback. As we’ve noted, it will be extremely difficult for him to do so given all the limitations, but the Browns would be in a great position if Sanders solidifies the most important position in football.
The question this morning doesn’t really revolve around Sanders, however. It is about the great Cleveland fans and whether a...
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The Cleveland Browns take on the Las Vegas Raiders this afternoon in a game that will see rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders make his first NFL start.
After an offseason filled with draft conspiracies, a preseason bookended by a solid performance against backups and a horrendous one against even more backups, and 11 weeks of questions about when the Browns will “see what they have” with Sanders, the big day has finally arrived.
Shortly after 4:05 p.m., Sanders will take the field for Cleveland’s first offensive series in a situation that could not be set up more perfectly:
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The Cleveland Browns have what might be one of the few remaining winnable games on the schedule on Sunday when they take on the Las Vegas Raiders.
No game is automatic for the Browns, of course, especially given that they have lost six of their past seven games. But the Raiders, who bring a 2-8 record into the tilt, have lost eight of their past nine games, and have allowed 30 or more points in three of their last four games.
Cleveland comes into the game in decent health, although they will be without defensive end Alex Wright,[ who is...
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Each week, NFL teams are permitted to have 48 players in uniform for a game.
In a week with a full slate of games, that means 1,536 players are on the sidelines, either as starters, members of special teams units, or standing at the ready as they are the proverbial “one play away” from being called upon to enter the game.
Those 1,536 players are joined by the rest of the 53-man roster and practice squad players each week in preparing for the next game. Mondays are for lifting weights or getting treatment for an injury. Tuesday is an off...
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This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns are on the road as they take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 12. To help preview a few topics from the Raiders’ perspective, we reached out to Matt Holder from Silver and Black Pride and exchanged five questions with him.
Chris: “What are fans’ thoughts on Pete Carroll and Geno Smith? Could they be one and done?”
Matt: “The fanbase is pretty upset because Carroll talked about how much of a winner he is all offseason, only for the team to look just as bad, if not worse than it did last...
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There is a lot to get out of the way quickly after a title like that. The Cleveland Browns will start rookie QB Shedeur Sanders in Week 12 versus the Las Vegas Raiders. Given everything that Browns HC Kevin Stefanski has said, QB Dillon Gabriel is highly likely to start for the team in Week 13, no matter what Sanders does.
Gabriel took the first step in getting cleared from his concussion during Friday’s practice.
Sanders’ debut wasn’t good, but it gave fans something to look forward to. The problem for Sanders is that the future likely doesn’t run through...
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During the 2025 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns stunned everyone by trading out of their top two pick, trading down with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville offered Cleveland an offer they couldn’t turn down, so the Browns took that offer and used the fifth overall pick to take Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham.
Graham, who was a top prospect in both the class and his respective position group, has started to turn the corner after the bye week. It was a debate about whether or not the Browns made the right decision, trading down and selecting a defensive tackle.
Considering how...
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From July of 2024 until May of 2025, DBN had written or Dawg Chow’d 17 articles pertaining to the possibility of the Cleveland Browns acquiring San Francisco 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk. Aiyuk’s future was a huge part of the offseason rumors last year, not just for the Browns, but they were a big part. Instead, the talented receiver signed a contract extension with the 49ers after having little interest in playing for Cleveland and, seemingly, trying to force his way to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Things haven’t gone with in San Fran for Aiyuk or the team since that time.
Last...
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It’s a rebuild for this current iteration of the Cleveland Browns. With the Deshaun Watson trade turning out to be a disaster, the team has now pivoted in a new direction. Gone are some of the older veterans that were on the team last year, with an incoming influx of new, young talent that have emerged (mainly on the defensive side), the team has shown signs that they aren’t as far off. Despite what the record says, the Browns have one of the top-ranked defenses in the league (both basic and advanced statistics back up that claim), but are being...
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