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3 keys to a Browns win against the Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to clinch the AFC North title with a win over the Cleveland Browns in Week 17. Although the organization may want to lose this game to increase their chances of getting a higher pick in the draft, many players on the Browns will have certain incentives to win this game. There is […]

2025’s All-Former Browns Team includes Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb

The Cleveland Browns will be watching the playoffs in the same place as last year – at home on their own big screen TV sets. RELATED: 2025’s DISAPPOINTING TEAMS The playoffs this year will look a lot different, with a few surprise teams not getting into the postseason such as the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore […]

Saturday Dawg Chow (12/27): The final chapter of 2025 is almost written

The calendar is growing thin as we count off the final days of 2025, and this weekend marks the final one of the year with NFL football. After what turned into a lackluster day of football on Christmas, today’s games have some actual playoff juice. First up, the Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers will […]

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Browns vs. Steelers: Week 17 Need to Know

The Cleveland Browns host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday in the final home game of the season. The Browns have won the past three meetings, and five of the past six overall, in Cleveland against the Steelers. But this matchup pits two teams heading in opposite directions as the Browns are fighting for the No. […]

6 takeaways from Cleveland’s coordinators about the Steelers

The Cleveland Browns are home for the final time in 2025 on Sunday when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers at Huntington Bank Field. Cleveland enters the contest on a four-game losing streak, while the Steelers could take the field with the AFC North Division title in hand if the Baltimore Ravens lose to the Green […]

NFL playoff droughts: 14 teams have longer than Browns, 5 to end this year

Cleveland Browns fans are disappointed in their team over the last two years, with most calling for HC Kevin Stefanski to be fired and many others believing GM Andrew Berry should join him on the unemployment line. There are reports that Berry will be safe to build off his very good 2025 NFL draft class […]

NFL 2025’s disappointing teams: Browns bad but not among Top 5 most disappointing

Fans of the Cleveland Browns are understandably frustrated with the performance of their team. Only eternal optimists (waving hello from the other side of the keyboard) or delusional fans thought the Browns would be a playoff-caliber squad. The betting win totals told a story about what proper expectations for the team should have been going […]

Browns history: Memorable Christmas Eve and Day games

The Cleveland Browns have only played one game on Christmas Day ever – a heartbreaking 24-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers. Baker Mayfield threw four interceptions in this game, and many fans remember this game as a pivotal moment that contributed to his departure from Cleveland. On the Packers’ side of things, this was an important […]

Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Week 17 TV Map

The Week 17 game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers will air on CBS at 1:00 PM ET on Sunday. Announcers: Jim Nantz & Tony Romo Ohio Coverage: All of Ohio will get to see the game, except for the Cincinnati area. In Northeast Ohio, the game will air on WOIO (Channel 19.1). […]

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Browns NFL Power Rankings: Not the most jolly of times

It is Week 17, and the Cleveland Browns moved up 0.1 spots to 29.0 overall on average in this week’s power rankings — so, essentially, there was no movement. Most of the rankings shared the same sentiment: the Browns put up an admirable effort against the Bills, and it also sucked that they lost Quinshon […]

AFC North full of questions at QB and head coaches

The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Cleveland Browns. With just three playoff appearances since “The Return” in 1999, including two under embattled HC Kevin Stefanski and GM Andrew Berry, Browns fans are much more aware of the NFL draft order and positioning process than postseason seeding. Going into 2026, […]

Browns 2026 NFL draft order: Race to the top pick rolls on

Another lost season, on to the next. Geez. Not the Christmas gift Cleveland Browns fans were looking for. Remember back in the mid-1980s when Marty Schottenheimer had the Browns in the playoffs every single year? Those were exciting times to be a Clevelander. Being a good team during the regular season, then winning entry-level playoff […]