With four games left to play, the AFC North is still up for grabs. All four teams are clustered within 1.5 games of one another. The stretch run is going to be crazy.
There is good news and bad news for the Browns and their remaining schedule. Cleveland has the seventh-most difficult schedule over the final four weeks across the entire NFL, per Tankathon.
The Browns’ final four games:
Week 15: Las Vegas Raiders (6-7)
Week 16: at Green Bay Packers (10-3)
Week 17: at Pittsburgh Steelers (6-6-1)
Week 18: Cincinnati Bengals (7-6)
It adds up to a win percentage of 56.7. That’s not easy.
However, the Browns schedule is the easiest of the four AFC North teams. Pittsburgh has the second-hardest overall remaining slate with a combined win percentage of .635. The Ravens are third at .625 and the Bengals are fifth at .596.
In fact, Cleveland’s game on Saturday against the Raiders is the only matchup in the entire division for the rest of the year that features an opponent with a current losing record. The playoff spot(s) will indeed be earned.
