{"id":558670,"date":"2025-11-27T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/558670\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:45:12","slug":"thanksgiving-black-friday-schedule-browns-2026-nfl-draft-rooting-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/558670\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving, Black Friday schedule: Browns 2026 NFL draft rooting guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cleveland Browns might have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-news\/110714\/browns-path-to-nfl-playoffs-8-chance-win-out-6-weeks-week-13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a slim chance of still making a push for an AFC playoff spot<\/a>, but that was mostly just to have something positive to think and talk about to start Thanksgiving Day. In the end, it is far more likely that the 2026 NFL draft order will be the thing we focus on for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The priority will always be the higher selection, in this case, Cleveland\u2019s, in a game where both of the Browns 1st-round picks could be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>NFL\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Games<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Green Bay Packers (7-3-1) vs Detroit Lions (7-4): 1 PM ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This game would only impact the Jaguars selection if the teams do not make the NFL playoffs. Otherwise, Jacksonville\u2019s pick will be decided by when they are eliminated from the postseason. Given the Packers having a tie, we will give a slight edge to rooting for the Lions in this one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) vs Dallas Cowboys (5-5-1): 4:30 PM ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the Chiefs a game back of all three Wild Card spots, including the one held by the Jaguars, Browns fans should be rooting for Kansas City here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cincinnati Bengals (3-8) vs Baltimore Ravens (6-5): 8:20 PM ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For both Cleveland\u2019s small playoff hopes and their NFL draft position, a Bengals victory in the Thanksgiving nightcap would be good for the Browns. Plus, most Cleveland fans have the greatest hatred for the team created from the mess that Art Modell created.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Chicago Bears (8-3) vs Philadelphia Eagles (8-3): 3:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Similar to the Packers versus Lions, Bears vs Eagles will only impact the pick coming to the Browns from the Jaguars if the teams involved miss the playoffs, along with Jacksonville. No strong reason to root for Cleveland fans to root for either team, but my brother is a Bears fan (along with the Browns), so I will be taking a side. Don\u2019t assume that means I\u2019m rooting for his team, though (lol).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns might have a slim chance of still making a push for an AFC playoff spot,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[4397,16971,7,212,125,2401,213,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-558670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-cleveland-browns-draft","9":"tag-cleveland-browns-schedule","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","13":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","14":"tag-jaguars","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115622204257812737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}