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According to the form on https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/upshot/cleveland-browns-nfl-playoff-picture.htm

If the Browns win out, we have an 85% chance at the playoffs. If we lose another, it drops us from 85% to the range of 60%-27%, depending on the team we lose to. The three-division games are critical. Does anyone know HOW BAD Lamar's injury was? His playing or not could be critical, but then again, we struggled to beat Huntley too.

I like to be positive, but I can't see us making the playoffs.

Jackson has a knee sprain that the Ravens say is not season ending ... but I would have to think that he will miss two to three games. This is subject to change tho.

I think the Jets/Chargers losses really doomed us. And we all kinda had a feeling at the time.

We have to win and out get a little help. Not sure that is happening lol.

I really just hope Watson starts looking more comfortable and like himself as the year ends

The way the tier 2 teams are playing in the AFC, anything is possible at this point

This is how I feel. If DW can get it together this week, we have a real shot, but we can't make stupid mistakes. The Ravens are our most significant issue, and they only scored 13 on NC, lost to the jags by 1, and scored 10 to win by one against Denver. And now Lamar is down. Ski has Cinci's number, it seems, but they can't be taken lightly. That leaves Pit, WAS, and NO. We have the talent to win out if Ski can get it out of them.

This was part of one of my posts before the first game of the season. I separated the sentence in bold.

...we have lost 4 games this year by a combined total of 9 points.

As I said at the beginning of the year, there is always games that if you take a mistake or two away from the game, then it's a close win than a loss. Teams are too talented in the league. It's just a part of the game, but one of the main goals is to minimize mistakes (i.e. key penalties, turnovers, missed opportunies) to have the best chance to win.

That's why good teams find a way to win while bad teams find a way to lose. The devil is in the details.

This is how i feel too. NFL is razor thin in a lot of ways when it comes to W/L. Think about our games against Carolina, NY Jets, Chargers, and Atlanta … all of them were inches

Playoffs? Playoffs?

Thiz year it would be nearly impozzible even if you win out and here iz why.

At the yearz ztart there are only 4 eligible playoff zpotz for the Brownz, win the afc north, or get one of the 3 wild cardz.
getting the wild card zpotz are almost entirely contingent on reaching 2nd place in your div, instead of 3rd or 4th place.

Then, it'z alzo a help if the other teamz in the AFC that are not in your div. are alzo not very good.

Thiz year, given the Jetz, Dolphinz, and Billz have been playing well, one way for the Brownz to make the playoffz, AFTER/IF they win out iz to azzume 2 of these teamz have lozing recordz in the final weekz. or I and 4. But if they continue playing like they have, then they will take up at least 2 of the 3 zpotz, and the Brownz lozzez to the Jetz, and Patriotz, already would diz@ualiffy them in tie breakerz from a plyoff zpot if they and the Brownz have the zame record.

For that reason, I think, it appearz the eaziezt way for the Brownz to get the one remaining zpot in the wild card would be to achieve 2nd place in the AFC North or win the AFC North.
Today, the Five and Zeven Brownz are 3 gamez behind both the Ravenz and the Bengalz both 8 and 4.
and there are only five weekz to play.

Winning out the Brownz by rule would gain one win against both the RAvenz and the Bengalz, and have a head to head tie break by zweeping the Bengalz if the zame record against the Bengalz.
But would only have zplit with the ravenz who beat the Brownz earlier.

Zo, the eaziezt way to have the Brownz get to the playoffz, azide from holding off Pittzburg who haz an identical record at this point, but the Brownz would get a win against IF they win out,

iz hope the Bengalz, loze to the Brownz, AND 2 of their other final four gamez. and hope that the Ztllerz beat the RAvenz, and the Ravenz loze whenever pozzible except when playing the bengalz.

Dude, give it up with your ridiculous overuse of the letter 'z'. Just type normally... and don't give me crap about the key being broken or anything like that. You've been doing this junk for like two years and in half your posts your forget and you have plenty of "s"' in them.

He really can't help it since he got mad at his computer.

This is actual video evidence of THROW LONG and what he thinks of computers and keyboards.

No one wants to read that. not good enough. all the s have been copy and pasted or added by spellcheck like in the word onside spelled with a z
whatever, I can never, and it's only been since around September, which capitalizes I see now,
@, cue, and the number one were the first to not work. I didn't know how to make a capital s until last week because sunday does not spellcheck to capitalized, but Saturday does. but if you go fast and don't stop to paste a hundred s
to get a point across no one wants to read that.
`~2@3#4$6^8*0)=+ adfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,./ I feel like Joe Pecsi and the purple suit in "my cousin vinny" z works for cousin
Noone wants to recap the remaining schedules of the Bengals, Raiders and so on, Knock it off type normally.

Bruh... you can get a cheap keyboard for 10 bucks these days. Shame on you for being cheap and killing my eyes with your Zs; I thought we were friends.

BTW- I do the same crap until it gets on my nerves, but never copy/paste single letters. Smh. I must have a dozen old keyboards in a box in my basement and three or four newer ones in my office storage closet. One of these days, I need to have a big garage sale.

If we beat Cincy this weekend, I’ll hold out hope that we can still make the postseason. If not, it’s over. Jets, Chargers, Falcons, Ravens. - Had they pulled one of those games out, it would have made a huge difference.

I have at least 4 or 5 keyboards laying around my house. I'll send you one that works, if you need me to.

I always just thought he used “Z’s” symbolically to show how asleep our franchise has been?

Zymbolically Azleep? lmao and smh.

Fixed it.

Back to football 🏈 . We have to win next week and then the week after that

This may have already been posted. It is a pretty cool playoff projection site:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

Probably Never,... not since the AFC north became the AFC north from the AFC Central, have all 4 teams had a winning record 3 and 2 or better over a five game per them period.
I'm guessing, pretty much betting,
not even all 4 having a winning record of 2 and I or 3 and 0 over the previous 3 game period is common at all. But
Ravens
w
w
w
L
w
current week

Bengals
L
w
w
w
w
current week

Browns
W
L
L
W
W
Current week

steelers
L
w
L
w
w
Current week

Cincy is really gaining steam. For us to beat them today would be a big feather in our cap and would make things interesting down the stretch, especially with Baltimore losing Lamar for a bit

The Browns have beaten the Bengals five times in a row. Why should today be any different?

From your lips to our players ears!

You realize he is saying that only because he wants to trash the Browns if they lose, right? He's a troll.

Weren't you just calling out other posters for name calling? Hmm, funny how being two faced seems to work well in some people's minds.

If the NFL changed the rules to allow I4 teams from each conf. in.
How about eleven?

Nice
Mayfield 3 wins 0 losses against Burrows.

O chance of playoffs.

There was never a chance. People were just lying to themselves to maintain some level of hope.

They can lock the thread now, after today it's over.
Turn out the lights as the door shuts.

Exactly.

Can't believe how many posters on here predicted the
Browns would be a playoff team this year......based on what ?

I predicted 6-8 wins and last place in our division. I wanted to be wrong but it sure looks that way now. The 8 wins was too optimistic. Saddest part about it is we had 3 games right there to win and blew them or things would be very different now.

No need to recap. I don’t care about 85% prior to today or 60% after today’s loss. The reality is they most likely will not be in the playoffs.

We could lose out and I wouldn’t be surprised now. Either way, we lost this season when Watson was suspended past 6 games.

Thinking we could keep the ship afloat wasn’t going to happen … and brissett played very well too

How many were there? I don't recall seeing very many. Most of the posts I read were all doom and gloom.

J/c

I just saw we have a .4% chance to make the playoffs lol. Cue Lloyd Christmas