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COWBOYS VS. BROWNS IN WEEK 1 🔥
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📺: NFL Schedule Release — Wednesday 8pm ET on NFLN/ESPN2
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Cowboys at Browns - Week 1 4:25 ... tough one to start

They’re all tough, but we’ve finally started using home field as an advantage. Cowboys fans are probably saying ‘tough one to start’, too. It will be Tom Brady’s debut as an NFL broadcaster.

we do have a few advantages:

they'll have a brand new LT playing on the road

they aren't as electric on grass and outdoors

Tom Terrific and Strahan cannot even be bothered to acknowledge that the Browns are part of the entertainment that Sunday as well.

I actually like this for us. According to PFT fox has the game exclusively so it might be carried nationally. We tend to show up for big national games. And we being a small market team against “Americas Team”, I think the players will be juiced.

Of course we don’t usually show up for the 1st game of the season but I think the winds are changing on that front. Dallas is one of those teams I just rarely fear, not just for the Browns, but anyone. Not that I bet (I don’t) but I wouldn’t bet on Dallas games most years. They show up huge one game, lay an egg the next. They’re as inconsistent as… the Browns.

Wow, zero mention… That tells you right there exactly what the national press thinks of you. I hope we use that a bulletin board material.

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/n...ek-1-to-mark-tom-bradys-fox-sports-debut

Its the "Game Of The Week" so I assume it will be nationally broadcast.

I know ... it's all Dallas and zero Cleveland lol

Who cares? It doesn't matter.


I saw some blurb that our home schedule is one of the tougher in the league. Our road schedule is one of the more favorable.

I'd rather have it that way. I think it does us a favor. Not that it is a favor. Schedules are largely established years in advance. The only ones that aren't are two games decided by last years schedule. It just kind of worked out this way.

We are better than the Cowboys. Just kick some ass. You don't play the name or mystic; you play the team of that year. They don't have a great back, the receivers are decent, Dak is a better than a average QB but so what? It's not like Emmett Smith is starting or Roger Staubach is chucking the ball. Randy White and Bob Lilly retired years ago.

The schedule is set as I mentioned earlier. I don't care so much about the teams we play, it's about when. I go to games and they all require 3-4 nights lodging.

I like to plan my trips well in advance. I'll have all of my hotels booked by this weekend. At least the Saturday and Sunday portion in Cleveland.

Browns -1 is the opening line.

#Degenerate

Week 2:

Bengals at Chiefs

Well, my future son in law is a cowboys fan. We, me, wife, daughter and he will be going to this game.

Week 1 - Sunday, September 8 - Dallas at Cleveland (4:25 FOX)
Week 2 - Sunday, September 15 - Cleveland at Jacksonville (1:00 CBS)


Thats all we know right now

Are we still in play for that game to be in Europe?

I thought they only start and play those in October, but who knows what goodell has in his plans

Rumored:

Browns at Broncos (TNF)
Browns at Raiders (MNF)

We were definitely better at home than on the road. If we're gonna win the tough games, having those mostly at home is a boon to us. The numbers didn't lie last year, but remembering back I feel like we played significantly worse than we should have on the road (vs playing 'up' when at home). No doubt mounting injuries contributed to that, but regardless there was something going on that we need to fix if we're going to try to make a serious run this year.

What we know:

Week 1 - Dallas (4:25 FOX)
Week 2 - at Jacksonville (1:00 CBS)
Week 3 - NY Giants (1:00 FOX)

Beezy
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NFL SCHEDULE LEAK :

Week 12: Steelers at Browns (TNF)

I hate to see the Broncos on our schedule for obvious reasons. We all the playoff history and our lifetime record against them is 7-25. Even the rare occasions we do win it's usually by 3 pints or less except for 2 games. The only team I dislike more than them is the Steelers with the Ravens a close 2nd. Here's hoping this year will be different

Pittsburgh has their own team. Baltimore stole ours.

Sunday, September 8 - Dallas (4:25 FOX)
Sunday, September 15 - at Jacksonville (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, September 22 - NY Giants (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, September 29 - at Las Vegas (4:25 CBS)
Sunday, October 6 - at Washington (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, October 13 - at Philadelphia (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, October 20 - Cincinnati (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, October 27 - Baltimore (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, November 3 - LA Chargers (1:00 CBS)
OFF
Sunday, November 17 - at New Orleans (1:00 FOX)
Thursday, November 21 - Pittsburgh (8:20 PRIME)
Monday, December 2 - at Denver (8:15 ESPN)
Sunday, December 8 - at Pittsburgh (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, December 15 - Kansas City (1:00 CBS)
Thursday, December 19 - at Cincinnati (8:20 PRIME)
Sunday, December 29 - Miami (8:20 NBC)
Sunday, January 5 - at Baltimore (TBD)



Final schedule ... what a BRUTAL last 6 weeks

I really thought the Kansas City game would be a Monday night game with Jason Kelce now with ESPN.

Thank goodness that didn't happen.

I would love to go to the Vegas and New Orleans games.

This doesn’t look nearly as bad as I thought it did when they just listed all the teams. First handful of games could leave us in a pretty good spot heading into the middle 3rd. Last 3rd is indeed very tough but hopefully we’re playing for something other than pride at that point.

Is that from some source you found or just your projection? Not questioning you as much as wanting to know.

Ugly, 3 of the final 5 games are all division games on the road with the other two at home against KCC and MIA - that's brutal!

I also think that it's a must to go 4-1 or 5-0 through the first 5 with the next 4 being against PHI, CIN, BAL, and the LAC. The only plus there is 3 of those 4 are at home.

With the toughest schedule, slip ups in those games you're supposed to win could be disastrous.

DAL or JAC, NYG, WAS, LVR, NOS and DEN are must win games with .500 or better in the division gets us to 9 wins meaning winning 2 out of the remaining 8 will get the Browns into the playoffs.

Steelers don't play a division game until week 11 vs the Raven. Crazy.

Steve, it’s too early to say what games we’ll need to win, or worry about the teams we play, or anything else. Let the season play out

I'm with Steve, a 6-3 start before the bye is imperative if we want to make the playoffs.

THink I'm really gonna try to hit the Monday night game.

Lived all my life in CO and have never gone... Totally the time to do it

"...BRUTAL last 6 weeks"

I say, "In order to run with the Big Dogs, you better learn to pee in the tall weeds!"

I'm perfectly fine with this schedule. Cleveland's'season ticket holders finally get to see some real games. Hopefully, we see more ticks in the "win" column!

Go BROWNS!

we'll certainly find out my friend

I like the timing of our bye MUCH better than last season.

Honestly, I don't think I mind the gauntlet at the end of the season. At the bye, we should have a good idea of what this team is made of and expectations will be set accordingly (as a fan).

Sunday, September 8 - Dallas (4:25 FOX)
Sunday, September 15 - at Jacksonville (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, September 22 - NY Giants (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, September 29 - at Las Vegas (4:25 CBS)
Sunday, October 6 - at Washington (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, October 13 - at Philadelphia (1:00 FOX)
Sunday, October 20 - Cincinnati (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, October 27 - Baltimore (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, November 3 - LA Chargers (1:00 CBS)
OFF
Sunday, November 17 - at New Orleans (1:00 FOX)
Thursday, November 21 - Pittsburgh (8:20 PRIME)
Monday, December 2 - at Denver (8:15 ESPN)
Sunday, December 8 - at Pittsburgh (1:00 CBS)
Sunday, December 15 - Kansas City (1:00 CBS)
Thursday, December 19 - at Cincinnati (8:20 PRIME)
Sunday, December 29 - Miami (8:20 NBC)
Sunday, January 5 - at Baltimore (TBD)

A few thoughts:

I think that first game, if we play well, could really set the tone for the early season. You never want to put much stock in a game 1 as a bellwether but a national game against the Boys at home, could be a tone setter and help really get the home field advantage thing cranking.

3 road games in a row followed by 3 home games before the bye. At least it’s not an extended western tour like last year. For whatever reason we historically suck traveling out west. It sucks that the last 8 games are 5 road and 3 home. Double oof. Means we really are going to need those early wins.


You know the teams that are definitely going to be tough (Ravens, Chiefs) and the ones that will very probably be pretty mid (giants, raiders, saints), but the rest can break either way. No ones sure which Cowboys, Jags, Commanders, Eagles, Chargers Steelers, Bengals, or Dolphins will show up this season. There’s been a growing group of teams within a game of .500 all season every season over the last decade or so and any or all of these teams could be in that pool. My gut says the eagles, steelers and bengals will be tough this year. The rest I wouldn’t put a lot of money on. Cowboys, Chargers and Dolphins are the biggest ?’s for me. I thought by the end of last year the Boys and fish were a bit exposed. But we’ll see.


Of course I’d probably put the Browns in that same group as the Cowboys, Chargers and Dolphins. Looked like an epic defense early and then… not so much. Especially exposed in the playoffs. Like those teams and a few others, the season rides on a very athletic but inconsistent and injury prone QB who everyone recognizes has tons of potential but can’t seem to lock it down for a whole season. As he goes, so goes the team IMO.


I put even more stock in the notion the Browns will be very cautious early with Chubb. If I’m coaching, I want to do everything possible to have a full strength Chubb post bye. I’m also designing plays to limit Deshaun running in traffic. Especially early season. I could see them take a page from the Ravens and really try to officially establish the drop back passing game.

I make this prediction every year and it’s almost never wrong: we will lose spectacularly to some team most think we should beat handily and beat some team soundly that most money says we should lose to badly. Make your picks. Of course this is true of many teams but it’s just much less likely with the consistently good teams. Sometimes they lose to mid teams but it’s usually close with lots of mitigating circumstances.

The “and water is wet” prediction: AFC north is going to be extremely tough this year. The steelers will almost certainly in my mind be much tougher. The Bengals are going to play with a major chip this year. And the Ravens are the Ravens. Im reasonably happy with 3-3 this season.

If we can stay reasonably healthy this year, especially with DW, I can see us equaling our win total of last season. If not things could get difficult. Our division is the toughest in the league and we historically don’t do well against the AFC west. Time will tell but DW has to stay healthy and play well for it to be another playoff run. JMO

The downfall of finishing higher in your division is the cross-conference games based on Divisional standings...and now there are (3) instead of (2):

We play Miami...Cincy plays New England...Pitt plays Jets

We play New Orleans...Cincy plays Carolina...Pitt plays Atlanta

We play Jax...Cincy plays TN...Pitt plays Indy

If we want to be a Divisional threat...we gotta win games that we are SUPPOSED to win along with those we aren't.

With Dorsey revamping the O I would much rather see the easier part of the schedule early and the toughest part of it at the end. Hopefully the early part of the season will be used for the O to gel and by the later portion of the season they will be clicking on all cylinders when it's needed the most.

j/c:

....and then 2 games later we have that Thursday to the following Monday break. A good opportunity to heal up for those last 6 games.

Weber recreating one of the greatest moments in all of sports history!

Love it.

one silver lining: we will face our division with (hopefully) Chubb

For those of us who know nothing about pro bowling, can you explain? I didn’t understand who he was or what that was all about

he's well known in the PBA for being an eccentric personality - like a showman with popular phrases and stuff

Pete Weber is a HOF bowler. His father, Dick Weber is as legendary in bowling circles as Babe Ruth is in baseball.

Got it. I’m guessing it’s a very Cleveland-centric thing that people would be so familiar as to know all this at glance. I don’t think I know anyone who knows anything about bowling. When I grew up in Cleveland though, I do remember bowling being a sorta big deal with some older folks and that Cleveland generally was a big bowling place back in the day. Just seemed like a pretty odd reference. And that thing he says at the end, I did end up looking it up and seeing the video but it’s still so random and kind of awkward, especially for this. Whatever. Carry on.

I have no idea what the connection of bowling and/or Pete Weber is to Cleveland or the Browns. I’m not sure there is one.

However, Pete Weber was kind of like the John McEnroe of bowling. An accomplished bowler, he was also a colorful, feisty, trash talking player amongst a whole bunch of duds personality wise. He was easily angered by the slightest thing and would often lash out. In his most famous moment he lashed out at someone in the crowd, allegedly a young boy, who was making noise during his approach. To this day I don’t know if anyone has identified this boy or proven it was legitimate and not just something he was manufacturing to get himself riled up. But when he threw his final shot to win one of bowling’s major tournaments, he had worked himself up into such a frenzy he looked into the crowd in that boy’s general direction and yelled out “ who do you think you are!?…I am” complete with hand gestures. He meant to say something intelligible but it didn’t come out that way. This moment and phrase has become popular amongst athletes in all sports. Mahomes tweeted it out recently I think after their latest Super Bowl run.

You are being way too kind. Maybe he has toned it down over the last few years, but he is/was a total jerk....

He is well down my list of the GOAT....

Man, Adam Rank wasn't accurate until Week 8 and finished 4-13. Impressive.

A year ago, I thought about mortgaging my house to get out all the equity, placing it on this guy's predictions and rolling in the cash.

I agree, but he is a HOF player.


His dad is probably the GOAT. Earl Anthony and a few others might have won more, but Dick was there in the beginning. He made the PBA. His name was on every ball, bag, and shoes back in the late 50's, early 60's.

As a kid, we would visit Toledo. My Grandparents always had the PBA on TV every Saturday afternoon. I was never a big fan of bowling, but have been in a few bowling leagues. At my best, one season I averaged 173. The best I could do. I was mostly a 160's bowler. Yep, I had a Dick Weber ball and bag.
Even today if I see it while running through the channels, I stop and watch.

I feel like i am one of few, demanding an answer. Why aren’t we playing in London?

I don’t buy the TG answer, Kraft wanted the London game, and they go to teams with 9 home games.

That is an absolute weak answer, if the Browns Backers Worldwide claim recognition and credibility, this was an absolute weak showing.

Browns fans were happy we don’t play internationally. I need you guys to do a lot better, neutral venue in Brazil was much better than playing in Philly.

Jason Belmonte is the best of all time.

Pete Weber is in the top 5.

Belmonte is Top 5. Pete Weber maybe Top 10, maybe. Top 5 would include (IMO) Earl Anthony, Carmen Salvino, Ned Day, with Don Carter being the GOAT.....

Ernie McCracken is one of the bowling greats, surprised he hasn’t been mentioned here...and let’s not forget the legendary Roy Munson.

Those guys are great but you didn’t even mention Walter Ray Williams, Jr…..the winningest player of all time.

For my money though I’m taking Belmonte. I know a lot of people look down on the two handers, but he has the most majors and is the most intimidating player on tour…if you can use the word intimidating about a bowler…LOL.

If anyone here follows bowling the sport is a lot of fun right now.

I watched Belmonte on TV the other day....haven't really watched any Bowling in many years. It's amazing how he can be so consistent with that delivery.

I used to watch back in the heyday of the weekly PBA tour TV shows. There were some real characters back then, some not mentioned already: Guppy Troup, Mark Roth, Amletto Monacelli, Parker Bohn III, Marshall Holman, Norm Duke, Nelson Burton Jr, Johnny Petraglia, Ernie Schlegel, etc. The annual event in Toledo drew the biggest stars of the time and I got to attend a few of these events at Imperial Lanes. It was great seeing stars like Mark Roth smoking, drinking and BSing between frames on the prelim nights. Oh, and Pete Weber was a real jerk.
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Browns schedule and the Dawgs typing about bowling----WOW!!! He's a schedule question- we know when and where we are playing- mostly, last Baltimore game questionable.....here's my question---Our team is pretty set--our GM has had years putting it together- Coach has won two Coach of Year--we've made the playoffs---MY bottomline- as a 76 year old- I want our Browns in Super Bowl ONCE before I
leave this earth---schedule or not- time to produce---Super Bowl time.