Browns’ Playoff Dreams Receive Good & Bad News in Jags Injury Update
The Cleveland Browns will experience no shortage of drama during the stretch run of the 2024 NFL season as they attempt to end a two-year playoff drought and give themselves a chance to advance past the Divisional Round for the first time since—avert your eyes if you have a sensitive stomach—Bernie Kosar led the charge under center back in 1989.
After an ugly defensive performance led to a 36-19 loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams, Kevin Stefanski’s squad is holding on for dear life in the AFC playoff picture.
One of four non-division-leading AFC teams with a 7-5 record heading into Week 14, the Browns are on the right side of the tiebreaker equation, sitting in the third and final wild-card slot at the expense of the Houston Texans.
They can still surpass the 7-5 Pittsburgh Steelers (and, if everything goes right, the 9-3 Baltimore Ravens) in the AFC North, but they also have to stave off challenges from the 7-5 Texans, the 6-6 Denver Broncos, the 6-6 Buffalo Bills and the 6-6 Cincinnati Bengals.
Gearing up for a tough matchup with the fourth-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars, the Browns received both some good and bad news from their Week 14 opponent’s initial injury messaging.
