As they try to snap a two-year playoff drought and give themselves a shot to go past the Divisional Round for the first time since—avert your eyes if you have a sensitive stomach—Bernie Kosar led the charge under center back in 1989, the Cleveland Browns will have no shortage of drama during the final stretch of the 2024 NFL season.
Kevin Stefanski’s team is fighting for their life in the AFC playoff picture after a dismal defensive effort resulted in a 36-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
One of four non-division-leading AFC teams with a 7-5 record heading into Week 14, the Browns are on the right side of the tiebreaker equation, sitting in the third and final wild-card slot at the expense of the Houston Texans.
They can still surpass the 7-5 Pittsburgh Steelers (and, if everything goes right, the 9-3 Baltimore Ravens) in the AFC North, but they also have to stave off challenges from the 7-5 Texans, the 6-6 Denver Broncos, the 6-6 Buffalo Bills and the 6-6 Cincinnati Bengals.
Gearing up for a tough matchup with the fourth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars, the Browns received both some good and bad news from their Week 14 opponent’s initial injury messaging.
