The Cleveland Browns 2026 schedule is out, and there continues to be a lot to dissect. The early schedule includes a loaded road schedule, which could be daunting, but a winning record heading into the bye week is possible. Cleveland is a big underdog heading into their Week 1 matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars, with a few games on the schedule easier, and a few harder, based on how the lineup shook out.
As always, the quarterback position will get an outsized amount of attention. Browns fans may be rooting for a few young ones this year, including on their...
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What will become the biggest obstacle with the 2026 Cleveland Browns? The quarterback situation. Because if you haven’t noticed, the schedule is going to allow Cleveland to win quite a few games this year.
No, really. In fact, the Browns could be 6-4-0 or even 7-3-0 by the time their bye week arrives. No, really.
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The Browns are playing that last-place finish schedule. The basement schedule is for every team that finishes at the bottom of their division. With the following season, they will play at least five other bottom feeders. The NFL...
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The Cleveland Cavaliers had a chance to close out their playoff series with the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, but in typical Cleveland fashion … they did not.
So that leaves the Cavs and Pistons playing tonight in Game 7 in Detroit to see who will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Expect plenty of people posting on social media today about “the best two words in sports, Game 7.” That’s nonsense, of course, because Game 7 is only fun if the team you are rooting for actually wins.
What does this have to do with the Cleveland Browns, you...
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Every NFL club has a communications department. They do a wide variety of aspects for the team. They handle media requests and events. They make highlight videos. They handle their team’s social media accounts.
And every year, they make a schedule release video.
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Teams now create nifty videos for their own schedule presentations. Some are funny, a few are weird, others are head-scratchers, while at least a couple are full productions.
Here is every release video produced by each team on the Browns’ schedule this year. If you only watch one, make...
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A key strategy for building a successful NFL roster is to have a replacement ready a year before you plan to move on from a veteran.
That was the idea a year ago when Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry selected tight end Harold Fannin Jr. in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Incumbent tight end David Njoku was heading into the final year of his contract, and with Berry navigating the final years of Deshaun Watson’s contract, it seemed clear that Njoku’s tenure in Cleveland was coming to an end.
The move turned out even better than...
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With the NFL schedule release each year, one of the biggest questions is how many prime-time games the Cleveland Browns will receive. Historically, when the team is coming off a bad season, most of its games have been scheduled in the 1:00 p.m. EST time slot. This season is no different; the Browns have one primetime game on Thursday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week four.
The atmosphere in the stadium is more exciting for primetime games. Knowing that all eyes are on one game creates a special environment. There is a different level of intensity to these...
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The 2026 schedule is out. Week 1 betting odds are live. Analysis, including the need to be “Road Warriors” early, is ongoing. Now, we have to wait a little bit to find out what the Cleveland Browns are actually made of.
We know that Todd Monken is the team’s 23rd head coach, has a long history in the coaching field, and his stops have improved offenses almost universally. As everyone knew they needed to, the Browns have also revamped their offensive line and added two highly drafted wide receivers for the first time in their history.
While the additions of...
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The Cleveland Browns have received a lot of grief over the years about the state of their quarterback room.
That is to be expected when you trot out three, four, and sometimes five starting quarterbacks in a single season.
But the reality, as much as people don’t want to acknowledge it, is that the Browns are not the only NFL team with no clue about what to do with the game’s most important position.
It may not have been his intention, but our own Jared Mueller hit on that very point in his article on Friday, looking at some of...
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With an improved roster, a difficult road start to the season, a new head coach, and five new starters on the offensive line, the Cleveland Browns 2026 season has a lot of variables. The Browns schedule reveal showed a few games that are now harder because of how things are laid out and a few that could be easier. Cleveland is a huge underdog in Week 1, with one of the lowest betting odds for the Super Bowl as well.
As is always true with NFL teams, the focus around the Browns will be on the quarterback position. [Deshaun Watson...
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The Cleveland Browns 2026 schedule is out, and there is a lot to digest. The Browns have a difficult early schedule based on a large number of road games. If they can stay around .500 going into their bye week, Cleveland could make a push for a playoff spot with a lot of late-season home contests. Given the Week 1 and Super Bowl betting odds, there is a lot of skepticism about that happening.
While we have known for a while who the Browns would be playing this year, the schedule provides context for those games. Given how the schedule...
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The Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL schedule release was mostly lackluster, but that was not unexpected. The Browns opponents lacked a lot of luster, the team was coming off another losing season, and there are still questions at the quarterback position. Cleveland did get one primetime game, unlike five other teams, with the rest of the scheduled games kicking off at 1 PM.
The Browns must be strong road warriors early in the season, but their offseason moves have both fans and the national media excited about what the roster can be.
Despite the improved roster, expectations for Cleveland are quite...
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