Top 5 matchups of the Browns' 2026 schedule

Key Points:

• The Browns open their 2026 season against the Jacksonville Jaguars, a strong team that finished 13-4 in 2025 and won the AFC South; the Jaguars have focused on re-signing key players like DE Travon Walker.
• In Week 4, the Browns host the Steelers in a primetime Thursday Night Football game, continuing a successful history with a 10-2 home record on Thursday nights and marking a new chapter with both teams having new head coaches.
• Week 6 features a divisional matchup against the Ravens, who have a new head coach Jesse Minter and newly signed DE Trey Hendrickson; Browns' coach Todd Monken will face his former team for the first time.
• The Browns face the Texans in Week 10, a playoff-caliber team that finished 12-5 in 2025 and made key trades and extensions in the offseason; this game precedes the Browns' Week 11 bye week.
• The season concludes in Week 18 with an away game against the Bengals, a divisional rival the Browns defeated last year in a dramatic finish highlighted by Myles Garrett's sack record and a walk-off field goal.