The Browns have a schedule in 2019 that is favorable enough for the playoffs to be the expectation in Cleveland heading into the regular season. The excitement level around the 2019 Browns is already off the charts after the addition of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a roster built around former No. 1 picks Baker Mayfield and Myles Garrett. Cleveland general manager John Dorsey chose first-year coach Freddie Kitchens to build on the momentum from last year's 7-8-1 season. MORE: When to expect NFL schedule release The Browns' schedule for 2019 features the usual challenges in the AFC North, and they will face the AFC East and NFC West as part of their third-place schedule. Cleveland will be a popular pick to win the AFC North this season. It is now on this talented roster to go out and prove it. Here is a closer look at the Browns' schedule for 2019. Browns schedule 2019 Browns regular-season schedule: Home: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans Away: Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers Week Date Opponent Kickoff time TV Week 1 Sept. 8 vs. Titans 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 2 Sept. 16 (MNF) at Jets 8:15 p.m. ET ESPN Week 3 Sept. 22 (SNF) vs. Rams 8:20 p.m. ET NBC Week 4 Sept. 29 at Ravens 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 5 Oct. 7 (MNF) at 49ers 8:15 p.m. ET ESPN Week 6 Oct. 13 vs. Seahawks 1 p.m. ET Fox Week 7 BYE - - - Week 8 Oct. 27 at Patriots 4:25 p.m. ET CBS Week 9 Nov. 3 at Broncos 4:25 p.m. ET CBS Week 10 Nov. 10 vs. Bills 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 11 Nov. 14 (TNF) vs. Steelers 8:20 p.m. ET Fox/NFLN/Amazon Week 12 Nov. 24 vs. Dolphins 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 13 Dec. 1 at Steelers 4:25 p.m. ET CBS Week 14 Dec. 8 vs. Bengals 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 15 Dec. 15 at Cardinals 4:05 p.m. ET CBS Week 16 Dec. 22 vs. Ravens 1 p.m. ET CBS Week 17 Dec. 29 at Bengals 1 p.m. ET CBS Browns preseason schedule: Week 1 Washington Aug. 8 (7:30 p.m. ET) Week 2 at Indianapolis Aug. 17 (4 p.m. ET) Week 3 at Tampa Bay Aug. 23 (7:30 p.m. ET) Week 4 Detroit Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m. ET) MORE: Full 2019 NFL preseason schedule Toughest tests: New England was the only undefeated team at home in the NFL last season. In beating the Patriots on the road, the Browns could not make a bigger statement with any single game on their schedule. Last season, Cleveland lost at Baltimore and Pittsburgh in games where Mayfield threw five TDs and four interceptions. The Browns will have a lot of sky miles with trips to Denver, San Francisco and Arizona, too, which will be challenging. Biggest breaks: Cleveland gets the two toughest NFC West teams at home in the Seahawks and Rams, and the Browns won both home games against NFC opponents last season. Tennessee, Miami and Buffalo were a combined 6-17 on the road last season. If the Browns take care of business in those three games, then they will be in the playoff hunt. Bottom line: Cleveland has not won 10 games in a season since 2007, a year in which the Browns barely missed the playoffs. Cleveland finished 9-7 in 2002 when it last made the postseason. This team is capable of that type of season, but it still rests on the Browns' success in the AFC North. Cleveland was 3-2-1 in the division last year, and that included a season sweep of in-state rival Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and Baltimore are not going to hand over the division; it's on Cleveland to take it, and they are capable. Record prediction: 10-6<doc-sep>CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns’ schedule is set to be released on Wednesday night along with the rest of the NFL. We know the opponents the Browns will face in 2019, but we don’t know when they’ll face them. Ahead of the schedule release, Mary Kay Cabot, Dan Labbe and Scott Patsko picked out the games they are most looking forward to seeing this season. We talk about who we want to see, why we want to see them and why the games are so intriguing.<doc-sep>The NFL's 2019 regular season schedule hasn't been released yet, but apparently, Odell Beckham has somehow already managed to get his hands on a copy of Cleveland's schedule. The Browns receiver sent out a tweet on Wednesday night and it seems that he's pretty excited about who the Browns will be playing in Week 1. Of course, the obvious downside of that tweet is that it's just a gigantic tease, because it doesn't actually say who the Browns will be playing in their opener. The good news here is that Odell did drop another hint, but instead of posting it on Twitter, he went to the Instagram page of Jamal Adams, and yes, I'm definitely starting to feel like I'm on some sort of social media scavenger hunt. Anyway, here's the picture that Adams posted on Wednesday. After seeing the picture, Odell proceeded to comment on it with another schedule hint, and let's just say, his second hint was much less subtle. Odell apparently just made a big schedule announcement on Instagram. Instagram That appears to be Odell's way of saying that the Browns will be opening with the Jets this year. If that ends up being the case it would make a lot of sense. For one, it would explain Odell's tweet. If Cleveland is opening against the Jets, the means Beckham's first game with the Browns will be played at MetLife Stadium, which is where Beckham played for the first five years of his career. The NFL could also add another twist to this game by putting it on Monday night. The 2019 season marks the 50th anniversary of Monday Night Football and it just so happens that the first Monday game ever played back in 1970 was between the Browns and the Jets. For the NFL, nothing would be more fitting than having those two teams kick off the season on Monday night. Although the 2019 schedule hasn't been released yet, we do know plenty about it, including two of the other games that will be played in Week 1. For a deeper look at the many things we already know about the 2019 schedule, be sure to click here. For a look at all 65 games on the NFL preseason schedule, be sure to click here.<doc-sep>
Rich Barnes/Getty Images Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. took to Twitter on Wednesday night to discuss his team's Week 1 opponent for the 2019 season. OBJ said he saw the schedule ahead of its official release and teased a potential opponent: While Beckham did not give specifics, it could mean a road clash with the New York Jets. In an Instagram exchange between Beckham and Jets safety Jamal Adams, the two mentioned seeing each other in Week 1: The Browns and Jets have made some notable NFL history ahead of the league's 100th anniversary celebrations next season: Playing at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in Week 1 would be familiar for Beckham since that was his home venue during his first five NFL seasons with the New York Giants prior to getting traded this offseason. The Browns do not have the Giants on their schedule this season. Cleveland acquired Beckham from the Giants in a blockbuster trade in March for safety Jabrill Peppers, the No. 17 pick and the No. 95 pick. After being selected 12th overall in the 2014 draft out of LSU, Beckham topped 1,000 yards on four occasions. Last season, despite missing four games because of injury, OBJ recorded 77 grabs for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns. Video Play Button Videos you might like Beckham was also named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons, as he averaged 96 catches for 1,374 yards and nearly 12 touchdowns per year. His only down season came in 2017, when an ankle injury limited him to just four games. Beckham will join a Cleveland offense that has a chance to be one of the best in the NFL. Quarterback Baker Mayfield and running back Nick Chubb are coming off highly productive rookie seasons, and Beckham will reunite with a former LSU teammate in wide receiver Jarvis Landry as well. Despite not having made the playoffs since 2002 and going 0-16 two seasons ago, the Browns are the favorites to win the AFC North in 2019. According to the Action Network, Cleveland is the fifth choice to win the AFC at +800 (8-1), which is tops among AFC North teams as well. An era of great success could be on the horizon for the Browns, and it may begin where everything started for Beckham in his NFL career. The Jets also look like a team on the rise behind second-year quarterback Sam Darnold and their prized free-agent signing in running back Le'Veon Bell. It would make a game against Cleveland a must-see battle.