{"id":620289,"date":"2025-12-22T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/620289\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:54:18","slug":"browns-2026-schedule-next-years-opponents-includes-baker-mayfield-2-ny-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/620289\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns 2026 schedule: Next year\u2019s opponents includes Baker Mayfield, 2 NY trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not only have the Cleveland Browns been eliminated from NFL playoff contention, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-game-information\/112951\/browns-winners-losers-week-16-bills-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 16\u2019s results<\/a> mean they will officially finish in last place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/afc-north-news-browns-steelers-ravens-bengals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFC North<\/a> once again. The Browns could end the season with the same 5-12 record as the Cincinnati Bengals if Cleveland wins out and Cincinnati loses its two games, but the Bengals would hold the tiebreaker based on division record.<\/p>\n<p>Browns 2026 Schedule Home Opponents<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Raiders and Browns could face off with the top two quarterbacks selected in the 2026 draft, while the Colts (Daniel Jones\u2019 injury), Falcons (Michael Penix injury and struggles,) and Steelers (Aaron Rodgers\u2019 retirement) could have new quarterbacks when they face Cleveland next year.<\/p>\n<p>Browns 2026 Schedule Road Opponents<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A few interesting notes, including visiting QB Baker Mayfield\u2019s Bucs next year. Cleveland will have two games in Florida and face both New York teams (in New Jersey). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/sports\/gayle-benson-is-excited-about-playing-a-game-in-paris-but-cautions-nothing-has-been\/article_d079f92e-40db-490a-a53c-4a22b0ecf23d.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Saints are expected to host the first NFL game in Paris, France<\/a>, next year, which could mean the Browns are overseas for two straight seasons. The Paris game has not been made official yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cleveland Browns 2026 NFL schedule of opponents will become official shortly after the conclusion of Week 18\u2019s games this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not only have the Cleveland Browns been eliminated from NFL playoff contention, but Week 16\u2019s results mean they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[16971,1864,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-620289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-cleveland-browns-schedule","9":"tag-cleveland-browns-news","10":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115764505113124370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620289","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=620289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}