DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum Browns Season Record Prediction Thread

This thread is something I've seen posted on a pretty much annual basis. I'm not sure who usually posts it but with only two days left until kickoff I decided to go ahead and put it up. It's never an easy things to predict that's for sure. Every season it seems to be at least a team or two that rise form the ashes and some teams who disappoint mightily and you never know which teams those will be.

We're in a tricky situation this year. In the next draft there appears as though there will be a great group of QB's to choose from. Of course that could change depending on who stays in school and who enters the draft. Considering the current situation being average this year could be a curse in the long run. Anything over 6 or 7 wins could put us out of contention for a top QB. Maybe even anything over 4 or 5 wins.

That means there are certainly two ways to look at the upcoming season depending on your point of view. You could view it as losing a lot of games is a good thing in the long term picture for the Browns. Or you could see it as every game matters no matter what and want to see the Browns win each and every week. I don't feel like there is a right or wrong answer to that.

A lot of us are getting older. Some much older and some wonder how many more seasons can they wait until no seasons are left for them? This week we lost one such man. A man many of us respected and loved. He never got to see that SB win. And far more for him than myself I wish he would have. If anyone deserved it he did.

Okay enough of that already. I'm just having a hard time getting that out of my head.

So what is your prediction for the Browns win/loss record for this season and if you feel like doing so, your reasoning for your prediction?

I'm going with 6-11. Realistically I think 4-5 wins is would be a better prediction but I can't help from wanting more.

My reasons are simply this. We have an entire new D with new coaching staff. An entire new O with an entire new coaching staff and system. An entire new OL which will all take time to gel. And let's face it, no QB on the roster have proven they can win.

For me, I expect such drastic and overwhelming changes will take time to come together. That it will be a gradual process and as such will seem very disjointed to start out. My hope is as the season progresses things will gradually improve. That by the end of the season things will tighten up to the point there is actually tangible evidence that with a QB we can be a dangerous and powerful force moving forward.

I think we win 5 or 6 games. Our QB situation is just horrible. I would love to be wrong, though.

5-12, absolute tops.

Anything better than that means that something magical has happened at the QB position, and I don't see that happening this year.

6 - 11 tops. And I am being a crackpot, wild-eyed optimist. We have a kicker and the makings of a few runners. My crystal ball threw up. Go, Browns!

I agree with this and think this IS a 6-11 team that will probably end up with 4-5 because we'll start "packing it in" near the end. I won't call it tanking, but we will already be looking forward to the next season and protecting young players that may have nagging injuries. That, besides the usual large pile of injuries and lack of high-quality depth.

So, I'll be "positive" and go 6-11 as well. 🤮