Cleveland Browns fans are disappointed in their team over the last two years, with most calling for HC Kevin Stefanski to be fired and many others believing GM Andrew Berry should join him on the unemployment line. There are reports that Berry will be safe to build off his very good 2025 NFL draft class with a high pick in the 2026 NFL draft and multiple quality picks to improve the team.
With Christmas Day results locking in more NFL playoff positions and the Browns 2026 NFL draft order floor, this
year’s postseason will have some new faces, as many teams have disappointed their preseason expectations.
Cleveland’s playoff drought will now run to two seasons, with 14 teams having a longer drought. Five of those teams are set to or likely to break their droughts this year, with their last playoff appearance in parentheses:
- New England Patriots (2021)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (2022)
- Chicago Bears (2020)
- Carolina Panthers (2017)
- Seattle Seahawks (2022)
The other nine teams with longer playoff droughts than the Browns, all of them to extend another year:
- New York Jets (2010)
- Cincinnati Bengals (2022)
- Tennessee Titans (2021)
- Indianapolis Colts (2020)
- Las Vegas Raiders (2021)
- New York Giants (2022)
- New Orleans Saints (2020)
- Atlanta Falcons (2017)
- Arizona Cardinals (2021)
Two other teams will join Cleveland with their second straight missed playoff season:
- Miami Dolphins
- Dallas Cowboys
Browns fans have plenty of reasons to be disappointed with their team, but they are far from alone in the NFL with too many bad teams staying bad for a long time. In particular, the Jets and Falcons, having not made the playoffs in the 2020s, stand out as problematic franchises.
Are you surprised at how many teams have a longer playoff drought than the Browns? What do you make of the above lists?
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