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American Football Conference · AFC North
The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio, where they play home games at Huntington Bank Field. The franchise is headquartered in Berea, Ohio, and owned by Jimmy Haslam, with Andrew Berry serving as general manager and Todd Monken as head coach. The Browns' recent history reflects dramatic swings in fortune. After enduring a 1–15 season in 2016 and a winless 0–16 campaign in 2017, the team climbed back to playoff appearances in 2020 (11–5) and 2023 (11–6). The years between and since have been less kind, including a 3–14 finish in 2024 and a 5–12 record in 2025. The current roster features Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson, Jerry Jeudy, Denzel Ward, and 2025 additions including Quinshon Judkins, Spencer Fano, and Jared Verse.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 80 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 75 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–1 | — |
| 2025 | 5–12 | — |
| 2024 | 3–14 | — |
| 2023 | 11–6 | Made the playoffs |
| 2022 | 7–10 | — |
| 2021 | 8–9 | — |
| 2020 | 11–5 | Made the playoffs |
| 2019 | 6–10 | — |
| 2018 | 7–8–1 | — |
| 2017 | 0–16 | — |
| 2016 |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Cleveland Browns, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 78% of the room, across 8 articles · 70.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bullish than 75% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“it is now a surefire thing that the Cleveland Browns are going to draft Travis Hunter with that second overball pick”
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more bullish than 68% of the room, across 2 articles · 90.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 3 articles · 86.1 accuracy on this team (3 settled)
more bearish than 79% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 79% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
“I do I believe the Browns of draft shaud Or number two.”
“that is the quarterback quarterback. Worre's the Chador Sanderow to the Browns.”
“We've talked about him at three Bucky's got him going to to Cleveland... So Bucky goes quarterback quarterback one two”
“AFC North, Great Division. I'm gonna go Ravens, Bengals, Steelers, Brown”
“They're gonna take Carnel Tate's wide receiver. Ohio State”
“They are going to take Cayden Proctor... So they are going to go with Procter.”
“number six. The best receiver in this draft is Carneal Tate and Cleveland's got an egregiously bad wide receiving corps”
“Cleveland Brown's Carneal Tate at six”
“I'm gonna take Spenser for No with the Citys for the Cleveland Browns.”
“Cleveland... Caleb Lamoux, Office of Tako, Utah”
“Cleveland Browns, Casey Concepcion wide receiver, Texas A and M”
“Kingen Proctor with the Browns at twenty four”
“Quinn Shawn Judkins breaks out of his slump and finishes top twelve against Buffalo”
“My last one's gonna be the Browns... So they need to win by five points more, got it? That's what I'm taking”
“the fact that he's only minus eight point fifty for Defensive Player of the Year surprises me... because I think he could get hurt next week and still win it”
“Brown's at five and twelve, which I think hits”
“He'll be the backup to Jero and Ford, but we'll see a lot of him”
“he is fairly right now their third best option to be a starting quarterback”
“the Browns start the season, they're bad. Third of the way into the season, they pull the plug on Flacco. They go to Dylan Gabriel.”
“If in Week one Flacco goes out, you would have to be more comfortable putting Gabriel in.”
“Shadur is going to start. Mark my word”
“I am fourth on a bad quarterback depth chart for a bad organization... because if you're fourth on that depth chart, you're a long ways away from actually playing meaningful football in the NFL”
“You know, Joe Flaco starting unless he gets injured in training camp or something like that... Now the job is Joe Flacco's to lose.”
“we know Shador Sanders is going to be the one to step in the helm and run the show once things don't work out with Joe Flacco... then it's gonna be the Shadoor Sanders Show.”
“I don't think he gets the start immediately... I can see Shador taking over week six early... So I think about week six he'll be inserted as a start in QB.”
“Quinn Shawn Judkins of the Cleveland Browns looks to be the lead back now in Cleveland.”
“I mean to me, what would make the most sense would be Joe Flacco... But I would figure it would make the most sense to go with Joe Flacco”
“I don't think Kenny is going to be the number one guy... So I think that's their number one guy going into it.”
“I think the old man ends up winning Joe Blackout. I think he's on that roster to win the job... I really do think that the math game of all this ends up with Flacco as a starter”
“But if I were to make a decision right now, if I were to, you know, put all my chips on it, I would say it be Joe Flacco.”
“So my guess is there's a lot of dull, small old Shadour by week eight is starting.”
“If they're dull in the first six weeks because they don't have a very good roster. They're probably a four to six win team.”
“I think Joe Flackham needs to start the season, regardless that if there's a quarterback competition or not, Joe needs to play as long as he can”
“It's hard for me to see a scenario in which Dylan Gabriel or should door beats flack go out and like, Okay, yeah, this is the direction that we're going in to start the season.”
“But it should be without should go without even saying Travis hunters right.”
“let's go to number two. It's it's the Browns... so just go to Travis Hunter.”
“I think there's a good chance we see cam Ward go one, Travis Hunter go two to the Browns, and then Abdul Carter three to the Giants.”
“who I'm going to take or two overall for the Cleveland Browns... I'm gonna take Travis Hunter”
“Abdull Carter is there now at number two going to the Browns.”