The Browns’ full schedule will be unveiled at 8 PM ET tonight.
The league will officially announce the 2022 NFL regular season schedule around 8:00 PM ET tonight.
When the schedule comes out, we will dedicate a full article to it, including some early analysis of how things shaped out for Cleveland. In the meantime, there could be various schedule leaks throughout the day, helping us piece a few things together. We will update this thread throughout the day to track any schedule-related rumors.
2022 Browns Schedule Tracker
10:54 AM: One report is indicating that the Browns will visit the Panthers in Week 1 at 1:00 PM. Imagine the storylines for that game if Baker Mayfield had been traded there.
Cleveland @ Carolina, week one on CBS.
— John Ellis (@1PantherPlace) May 12, 2022
10:30 AM: The Browns will reportedly host the New Orleans Saints on December 24, according to @nofnetwork, a Twitter account that features “Saints news and analysis you won’t find anywhere else.”
The Saints play at the Cleveland Browns on Christmas Eve, sources tell NOF.
— NOF (@nofnetwork) May 12, 2022
With Christmas Day falling on a Sunday this year, the NFL will play a Thursday night game on December 22; then 11 games on December 24, including a game that evening on NFL Network; three games on Christmas Day and then a Monday night game on December 26.
10:00 AM: Not Browns related, but this morning the NFL announced that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Kansas City Chiefs for a Sunday night game in Week 4.
Mahomes vs. Brady Part VI: Coming Week 4 on @SNFonNBC #ChiefsKingdom | #GoBucs
: 2022 NFL Schedule Release — TONIGHT at 8pm ET on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/6ZWdBL7wpv
— NFL (@NFL) May 12, 2022
9:00 AM: On one hand you could think that Cleveland will have a lot of prime time games with the addition of Deshaun Watson at quarterback. However, if he’s suspended for the first 4 or 6 games, could that impact the time of year that networks want to feature the Browns in prime time?
According to the NFL, teams will announce their first home games at 6:00 PM ET today.