Browns schedule 2024: Predicting which games will land in prime time and which games won’t
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Predicting the NFL schedule is a nearly impossible task, so of course we’re going to take a crack at it here.
Instead of going game-by-game through the Browns’ slate — you can here that on Tuesday’s Orange and Brown Talk podcast — this prediction is about grouping the games into prime-time matchups, Thursday night games, Sunday afternoons and more.
As for last year’s predictions? Well, let’s just forget about last year and leave the past in the past. We’re forward-looking here and ready to make a new batch of guesses for which games will land where when the NFL schedule comes out Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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vs. Pittsburgh
The Browns have played night games against Pittsburgh three years in a row and it’s a matchup that just looks good under the lights, no matter which stadium it’s in. This always has a chance to land on a Thursday night — it’s perfect as far as travel is concerned and it’s the type of division matchup that makes Thursday nights interesting — but we’ll stick with a Monday night matchup for this game.
vs Chiefs
Kansas City will be in high demand for night games once again, so this isn’t a sure thing, but it’s an intriguing matchup between the defending Super Bowl champs and a team that wants to get there — plus there’s the whole Patrick Mahomes-Deshaun Watson storyline, two 2017 draft picks whose careers have gone in very different directions.
vs. Dallas
It’s nice to be right on one of these for once, even if it’s only because we already know it’s happening.
vs. L.A. Chargers
It usually makes sense for a game against a West Coast team to land in the 4 p.m. window, but it’s not a guarantee. The Browns and Chargers played at 1 p.m. two seasons ago. Not this year.
at Denver
For the same reason as the Chargers matchup, this game will start in the 4 p.m. window in the Eastern time zone, just like last year’s game. That’s 2 p.m. Mountain time, which is the best sports watching time zone.
at Las Vegas
Surprisingly, they won’t want to kick this game off at 10 a.m. local time.
