<![CDATA[making the playoffs...impossible?]]>You knew this thread was coming sooner or later.

***Disclaimer:

I am in no way suggesting that the Browns ARE making the playoffs, I am merely entertaining the notion if it could be a possibility.

With that out of the way...

Even though our schedule get lighter as the year goes on, I think the poor start may have ruined our chances for this year. My inner-fan in me thinks we can come close to winning out---but my logical self says whoaaaa, not so fast. But I do think we will lose two more games and that would put us at 9-7.

Now, If we get luckier we could end up at 10-6. Should we get to 10-6, is it out of the realm of possibility that we make the playoffs? We would hold the tie breaker over New England and NYJ if we beat them next week. Let me hear your scenarios.

Go BROWNS!!!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/16766/making-the-playoffs...impossibleRSS for NodeThu, 01 Oct 2026 14:46:43 GMTTue, 09 Nov 2010 11:14:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:34:22 GMT]]>I still think the Browns needed either the Tampa game or the Chiefs game to have had a realistic chance BUT if they can get by the Jets game the next 4 games are extremely winnable...Jacksonville has been up and down, Carolina=BAD, dolphins winless at home and Bills=BAD.... your just never know

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@shepwrite said:

Doerschuck (maybe my favorite Browns beat writer) says two more wins and everybody will be talking playoffs:

Asking around the locker room, the Browns don’t want to waste a chance to climb into playoff contention, now that they’re beating playoff teams. The math is a bit daunting.There are two wild-card spots available, and at this point, the non-division leaders with better records than Cleveland’s 3-5 are:Patriots (6-2), Dolphins (4-4), Steelers (5-2), Colts (5-3), Jags (4-4), Texans (4-4), Raiders (5-4) and Chargers (4-5).

That makes the Jets game a must-win. If it is a win, though the Browns will be 4-5 …

• The Colts (Peyton Manning has to fade sometime) would be 5-4 if they fall to Cincinnati.

• The Dolphins would be 4-5 if they fall to Tennessee.

• Either the Texans or Jags will be 4-5 after they play each other.

• The Raiders have a bye, then face a string of tough games starting with Pittsburgh, which could drop them to 5-5.

Check out everybody else’s record in two weeks. If Cleveland wins the next two Sunday’s, everyone will be talking playoffs.

Nice work!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/207032https://brownsboard.com/post/207032Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:08:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:40:19 GMT]]>I would just like to think that our December games have some meaning. I just want to see continued improvement each weekend with some victories to go with that improvement.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/207025https://brownsboard.com/post/207025Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:40:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:52:48 GMT]]>Doerschuck (maybe my favorite Browns beat writer) says two more wins and everybody will be talking playoffs:

Asking around the locker room, the Browns don’t want to waste a chance to climb into playoff contention, now that they’re beating playoff teams. The math is a bit daunting.There are two wild-card spots available, and at this point, the non-division leaders with better records than Cleveland’s 3-5 are:Patriots (6-2), Dolphins (4-4), Steelers (5-2), Colts (5-3), Jags (4-4), Texans (4-4), Raiders (5-4) and Chargers (4-5).

That makes the Jets game a must-win. If it is a win, though the Browns will be 4-5 …

• The Colts (Peyton Manning has to fade sometime) would be 5-4 if they fall to Cincinnati.

• The Dolphins would be 4-5 if they fall to Tennessee.

• Either the Texans or Jags will be 4-5 after they play each other.

• The Raiders have a bye, then face a string of tough games starting with Pittsburgh, which could drop them to 5-5.

Check out everybody else’s record in two weeks. If Cleveland wins the next two Sunday’s, everyone will be talking playoffs.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206983https://brownsboard.com/post/206983Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:52:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:43:21 GMT]]>Jack and I are meeting my recently widowed sister, her two sons, and one of their wives in Miami for that game... staying at the Hollywood Beach Marriott. I'm hoping for three straight wins to be 6-5 going into that game.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206954https://brownsboard.com/post/206954Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:43:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:28:22 GMT]]>i'm just hoping that the week 17 game means something. i have tickets and would LOVE for it to get bumped into the SNF primetime slot.

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@shepwrite said:

I'll say this: If the Browns get to 6-5... any team at 6-5 is in the playoff hunt in almost any year.

And if we get to 9-5 with the Ravens and Steelers coming to our house, those games will be HUGE. They'll matter.

If we win the Jets game. I do not see us losing during during the Carolina, Jacksonville, Miami, Buffalo stretch.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206945https://brownsboard.com/post/206945Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:58:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:50:33 GMT]]>Also... playoff teams are facing off against each other while we're in our "easy" stretch of five games. Hell, Baltimore plays AT Atlanta day after tomorrow. We're looking to move past teams like the three contenders in the AFC West, too. Ideally, three playoff teams come from the AFC Central, with us at 10-6 being the third.

Hey, a guy can dream.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206943https://brownsboard.com/post/206943Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:50:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:47:06 GMT]]>I'll say this: If the Browns get to 6-5... any team at 6-5 is in the playoff hunt in almost any year.

And if we get to 9-5 with the Ravens and Steelers coming to our house, those games will be HUGE. They'll matter.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206942https://brownsboard.com/post/206942Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:47:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:58:28 GMT]]>Shepwrite wrote:

@shepwrite said:

My son Jack and I agreed that we'd wait until the Browns beat the Jets to go to 4-5 to even muse about it. The Chargers just went to 4-5 and everybody says their one of the serious contenders.

The chargers are contenders because of their division. No team in the West has more than 5 wins, so with a healthy dose of divisional play, it'll be easy for them to overcome the 1.5 games they currently trail.

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@shepwrite said:

The reason we brought up the Jets game and a possible 4-5 record: We then play a string of 5 teams we really should beat.

Wouldn't it be cool to be 9-5 with the Ravens and Steelers coming to Cleveland?

of course.. but it would be cooler if we played Dallas and Carolina in Cleveland the last 2 weeks 😆

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206921https://brownsboard.com/post/206921Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:21:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:16:56 GMT]]>The reason we brought up the Jets game and a possible 4-5 record: We then play a string of 5 teams we really should beat.

Wouldn't it be cool to be 9-5 with the Ravens and Steelers coming to Cleveland?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206920https://brownsboard.com/post/206920Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:16:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:27:10 GMT]]>If we weren't in the AFC North i'd say it was likely. The only way we will go to the playoffs is if we win out.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206904https://brownsboard.com/post/206904Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:27:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:21:59 GMT]]>At this stage I'm not so much concerned about making the playoffs as I am seeing continuous improvement week-to-week. Eliminating turnovers and bone-headed drive killing penalties. We can see this team coming together right before our eyes and right now I just want to sit back and enjoy it. Go Browns!

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206903https://brownsboard.com/post/206903Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:21:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:09:12 GMT]]>I hope this isn't the case but in typical cleveland sports fashion we will miss the playoffs because of the first two games! Even if we finish 9-7 we will lose the tie breaker somehow and we will look back at those games and say "what if?".

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@soju said:

well its the players job to look at one game at a time. We as fans don't have the added pressure of playing the actual game while focusing on making the playoffs, so we can talk about it all we want.

Good point. I understand that, I just don't want to praise about how good we are. Let's try to win more than 4 games in a row (last season), and I think we can if we keep this momentum. GO BROWNS!

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@atenears said:

We really needed Cincy to win last night for much of any chance. They suck and I can't believe they opened MNF by starting flat at Home on National TV in a do or die situation.

Agreed! I was just shocked by how bad Cinci started off last night. Although I never liked the clown, it was inspiring watching T.O. put that team emotionally on his back last night. I've never seen a team feed off of someone's energy like Cinci did last night. They had that 4th and 5 converted but Harrison put one hell of a lick on Jordan Shipley and dislodged the ball...disappointing because I too was thinking "If Cinci wins, we still have an outside shot of making the playoffs."

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@carolina-brownie said:

I'm not worrying about the damn playoffs.

Can we please take one game at a time and just focus on the opposing team at hand, and just winning football games. Not smart to look ahead like that. It's a one game season for me at least. And I'm sure the coaches aren't even thinking playoffs at this point.

well its the players job to look at one game at a time. We as fans don't have the added pressure of playing the actual game while focusing on making the playoffs, so we can talk about it all we want.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206886https://brownsboard.com/post/206886Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:57:29 GMT]]>I'm not worrying about the damn playoffs.

Can we please take one game at a time and just focus on the opposing team at hand, and just winning football games. Not smart to look ahead like that. It's a one game season for me at least. And I'm sure the coaches aren't even thinking playoffs at this point.

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@atenears said:

We really needed Cincy to win last night for much of any chance. They suck and I can't believe they opened MNF by starting flat at Home on National TV in a do or die situation.

i think at 11-5 we'd make it. Don't worry about what Pittsburgh does.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206877https://brownsboard.com/post/206877Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:53:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:18:27 GMT]]>My son Jack and I agreed that we'd wait until the Browns beat the Jets to go to 4-5 to even muse about it. The Chargers just went to 4-5 and everybody says their one of the serious contenders.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206867https://brownsboard.com/post/206867Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:07:07 GMT]]>

@wrrebel said:

Let's take one game at a time and see how it plays out..

If we beat the jets, looking ahead who knows what happens, but it adds excitement

The way the schedules pan out, we could EASILY see three teams coming from out division. Don't count us out, yet.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206862https://brownsboard.com/post/206862Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:07:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:02:47 GMT]]>Let's take one game at a time and see how it plays out..

If we beat the jets, looking ahead who knows what happens, but it adds excitement

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/206861https://brownsboard.com/post/206861Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:02:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to making the playoffs...impossible? on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:18:51 GMT]]>I see 11-5 as the number needed to get into the play-offs as a wilcard this year in the AFC. I see the Steelers/Ravens topping the North and the Pats/Jets topping the east. The West is a mess and someone there will probably end up with a home play-off at 9-7. I see the Colts winning the South, but Tennessee may still squeak by them. You can not lose another AFC game or you are out of play-off contention.

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