All the NFL teams know their schedules, so it’s schedule leak day. The league has already started announcing certain games. Here’s what we know. The Browns will open their season at home against the Cowboy’s in a Sunday afternoon game. Besides the two teams as an attraction, it will by the booth debut of Tom Brady. Yep, it’s going to be the national game that afternoon. As for the other games we know involving AFC North teams, the Ravens will open the season at the Chiefs and the Chiefs will be hosting the Bengals in week two. There’s a rumor the Steelers will start on the road at the Falcons week one.
Tomorrow morning on the NFL Network, the international games will be announced. I’m still of the belief the Browns will play the Jaguars in London on October 20. That would be week seven. A week eight bye would be perfect for the Browns. As for the rest of Cleveland’s schedule, week two will be on the road because of the Billy Joel/Rod Stewart concert at the stadium on September 13. I can’t see them getting the field ready in time. It’ll probably be a divisional game. Since the Bengals have their week two opponent, it’ll probably either be the Steelers of the Ravens. The Browns played the Steelers week two last year, so my money’s on the Ravens.
Cleveland has two west coast trips this year, Raiders and Broncos. Hopefully the league will break them up and not have the Browns play back-to-back games. I can’t imagine the league doing that again. If Nick Chubb starts the season on the PUP list like everyone thinks, he would miss the first four games of the season. He could be back for week six. The Browns will get a Thursday night game and probably a Monday night game. Please no Christmas day game. As for the week eighteen game, the league loves ending the season with divisional opponents. I’m thinking the Steelers. Hopefully the Browns will have wrapped up the AFC North and the Steelers will be playing for pride. Enjoy the schedule show Wednesday night and join us on http://@ElfzNetwork. Stay safe and Go Browns.