2021 Cleveland Browns: Detail - Official Schedule, Future Opponents
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| Cleveland Browns fans celebrate during a 2020 game at FirstEnergy Stadium. Photo: John Kuntz/ Cleveland.com |
2021 Cleveland Browns Future Schedule
With the 2020 regular season concluded, we now know which teams the Browns will play in 2021.
The league’s schedule rotation matches the AFC North with the AFC West and NFC North next season. The Browns’ third-place division finish means they will also face third-place teams in the AFC East and AFC South.
The NFL is expected to release its full week-by-week schedule in mid-April.
Also, the addition of a 17th regular-season game was approved as part of the league’s new labor agreement. The league can add the extra game any time between 2021 and 2023, and NFL.com reported that the plan is to start in 2021.
MMQB’s Albert Breer reported that crossover rotation for the 17th game would match the AFC North against the NFC West in 2021. The third-place Browns would play the third-place Cardinals in that scenario.
| Date | Opponent |
| Date TBA | at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD |
| Date TBA | at Cincinnati Bengals Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH |
| Date TBA | Baltimore Ravens FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Cincinnati Bengals FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Pittsburgh Steelers FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Denver Broncos FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Las Vegas Raiders FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Chicago Bears FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Detroit Lions FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | Houston Texans FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, OH |
| Date TBA | at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI |
| Date TBA | at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO |
| Date TBA | at Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA |
| Date TBA | at Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN |
| Date TBA | at New England Patriots Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA |
| Date TBA | at Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Photo: Clevelandbrowns.com |
2021 Cleveland Browns Opponents
The Browns' focus remains on the playoffs, but its future beyond 2020 became a little clearer with the conclusion of the regular season.
Cleveland's full slate of 2021 opponents is now set with games lined up with teams from the AFC West, NFC North and the usual suspects from the AFC North. The Browns' two flex games — the only two that differ compared to their AFC North counterparts — will be against the New England Patriots and Houston Texans, both of whom finished in third place in their respective divisions. The Browns, at 11-5, finished in third place in the AFC North because of the Ravens' head-to-head tiebreaker advantage.
Cleveland will hit the road for games against the Packers and Vikings from the NFC North, Chiefs and Chargers from the AFC West and the Patriots. The Browns will host the Bears and Lions from the NFC North, Raiders and Broncos from the AFC West and the Texans. It'll mark back-to-back seasons in which the Browns host the Texans and Raiders at FirstEnergy Stadium.
The Browns' schedule features games against five playoff teams: Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Green Bay, Kansas City and Chicago.
| Home Chicago Bears Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders Houston Texans Cincinnati Bengals Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Steeler | Away Los Angeles Chargers Kansas City Chiefs New England Patriots Minnesota Vikings Cincinnati Bengals Baltimore Ravens |
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| Photo: Chiefswire.usatoday.com |
Kansas City Chiefs vs Cleveland Browns Final Score: 22-17The game ended up closer than most predicted, but until the injury to Mahomes, Kansas City looked poised to make it a blowout. The Chiefs did not trail Cleveland at any point, and despite all the adversity they had to overcome looked like the dominant team throughout, said Chiefswire.usatoday.com. Running back duo Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt didn’t dominate Kansas City’s defense, and the Browns’ receivers didn’t manage to get separation to make the big plays. Baker Mayfield was held to just 204 yards and threw an interception to Tyrann Mathieu that helped the Chiefs eat up some crucial clock in the middle quarters. |
The Cleveland Browns announced they have signed the following 14 players to the reserve/futures list:
S Elijah Benton (Liberty)
WR Ja'Marcus Bradley (Louisiana-Lafayette)
TE Jordan Franks (Central Florida)
CB A.J. Green (Oklahoma State)
G Cordel Iwuagwu (Texas Christian)
QB Kyle Lauletta (Richmond)
DE Cameron Malveaux (Houston)
TE Kyle Markway (South Carolina)
K Matt McCrane (Kansas State)
LB Montrel Meander (Grambling State)
C Javon Patterson (Mississippi)
FB Johnny Stanton (UNLV)
T Alex Taylor (South Carolina State)
WR Derrick Willies (Texas Tech)
All of the players listed finished the 2020 season on the Browns' practice squad.
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