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Cleveland Browns 2019 season predictions

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11-5. First round bye. Beat Jags, lose AFC Champ at Kansas City

Higgins outperforms Landry. NJoku catches 10+ tds and is second on team. Wilson plays more than Kirksey down the stretch. Terrance Mitchell leads team in INTs because teams don’t throw at Ward.
 
11-5, with the last game a loss as everyone is sitting. Division title.

Only two teams are true rivals: NE and IND. KC regresses as its defense sucks. LAC are good, but their offense isn't high-powered enough.

Advances to the AFC title game against New England. Anything can happen that game. I cannot see past it.
 
11-5, AFC North Champions.

Other predictions, just for fun:

I believe Higgins cements himself as the second best receiver on the team.

Kareem Hunt will have 600+ yards from scrimmage in his remaining 8 regular season games.

Myles Garrett will attain 15 sacks and be the AFC DPOY.

The Browns will have at least 7 players named to the Pro Bowl.

Baker will pass for 4000 yards, 40 TDs, and 10 INTs.
 
9-7
Borderline of both a division title and a wild card this year. I'll say they just sneak in for the last wildcard and lose in the 1st round.

I guess I still have the Cleveland pessimist in me. And I don't even think that's all that pessimistic. I'm stoked for the season and can't wait for them to reach and surpass my expectations. But the o-line, a rookie head coach and my 34 years on the earth as a Browns fan won't let me predict higher yet.
 
11-5, with the last game a loss as everyone is sitting. Division title.

Only two teams are true rivals: NE and IND. KC regresses as its defense sucks. LAC are good, but their offense isn't high-powered enough.

Advances to the AFC title game against New England. Anything can happen that game. I cannot see past it.

This is pretty much exactly how I see it as well. Injuries, both on the Browns and on other contenders, are the biggest wildcard. I would say that I'd be more surprised at 10-6 than at 12-4, though. I really believe this team is that good.

As for the AFC title game, if it does end up being the Browns v. NE, I'd say we'd have the advantage at QB.
 
11-5. I just can’t believe the level of talent that has been accumulated across the board. Season will hinge on the performance of the oline.
 
9-7
Borderline of both a division title and a wild card this year. I'll say they just sneak in for the last wildcard and lose in the 1st round.

I guess I still have the Cleveland pessimist in me. And I don't even think that's all that pessimistic. I'm stoked for the season and can't wait for them to reach and surpass my expectations. But the o-line, a rookie head coach and my 34 years on the earth as a Browns fan won't let me predict higher yet.

I don't think 9-7 or 10-6 and losing in the first round of the playoffs is pessimistic. We have a dynamic team, but I young team. I think that is realistic. Dorsey made sure to add the right pieces to this team. The Browns are not built for one season, they are built for now, but really more the future. This team will get better, this team will improve, and this team will have a Super Bowl roster in the next couple of years. But for this season, getting into the playoffs would be success.

So for this season 11-5 or 12-4 are very optimistic goals, not impossible at all with this team, but optimistic for sure. Pessimistic would be not 9-7, but 6-10 or something like that. And the only way that happens if our starting QB gets hurt. (don't want to jinx it and say his name)

So year I am looking forward to this season for sure..
 
13-3

Team lays waste to the AFC. Defense better than advertised. Team loses in AFC Championship after Baker runs out of victory celebration ideas; Dorsey hires advertising firm in offseason to ensure issue doesnt repeat itself.
 
We do have a young team, but it's not like they're all new to pro football or to this team. And they're not remotely the same group of guys who went 1-31.

This was an average team last year with rookie Baker at QB, that was an above-average team after Hue was fired. The way I see it, predictions of 8-8/9-7 amount to an expectation of no improvement at all.

Maybe that will turn out to be the case. I just think that we need to keep in mind that our baseline for improvement is from being .500, not from being 1-31.

So...how much will the added year of experience for Baker, etc., a second year in this offensive system, and the new talent we've added, mean to a team that went .500 last year?
 
We do have a young team, but it's not like they're all new to pro football or to this team. And they're not remotely the same group of guys who went 1-31.

This was an average team last year with Baker at QB, and an above-average team after Hue was fired. The way I see it, predictions of 8-8/9-7 amount to an expectation of no improvement at all.

Maybe that will turn out to be the case. I just think that we need to keep in mind that our baseline for improvement is from being .500, not from being 1-31.

So...how much will the added year of experience for Baker, etc., a second year in this offensive system, and the new talent we've added, mean to a team that went .500 last year?
I think there's something to be said about WHO we beat last year.

You can expect this team to be significantly better and still finish 9-7.

There's also something to be said about us ignoring the offensive line. If you believe the OLine makes an offense go, the Browns are ripe to disappoint this year. Bitonio's a stud. Tretter is second best player on the line, and how much of him looking good last year was due to playing between Bitonio and Zeitler? GRob and Hubbard are one of the worst tackle pairs in the league, and our RG is currently a disaster.

I'd like to be optimistic. I'd like to say that we continue to scheme out a reliance on the tackle position due to playcalling and decision making. I'd like to say that the RG position is good enough, and OBJ drawing doubles every play helps open up Landry/Chubb/Njoku/Higgins. I'd like to say that everyone stays healthy and the embarrassing level of depth on the OL and DL doesn't hurt us.

There's just a lot that can go wrong. If the over/under is 10 wins, I'm betting under, knowing full well that if nothing goes wrong on this team, I'm losing that bet 100%.
 

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