CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns will open the season with the Battle of Ohio — at home against the Bengals on Sept. 7 — and close against them in Week 18. But the NFL schedule-makers weren’t impressed with the 3-14 Browns last season and kept them off of prime time this season.

The Cleveland Browns have released their 2025 schedule at 8 p.m. tonight. And man, is it a brutal one for a team that already set the bar low heading into the offseason. For a team that told us their quarterback competition was Joe Flacco vs.