2025 Browns schedule: Cleveland's opponents ahead of NFL's official release
The Cleveland Browns endured a difficult 2024 NFL season. It saw them regress from being a playoff team the previous year to tying for the league's worst record, 3-14, in 2024.
A significant part of the problem was Cleveland's quarterback play. The Browns started four different players at the position in 2024: Deshaun Watson, Jameis Winston, Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Bailey Zappe. They combined for a 71.4 passer rating and threw more interceptions (23) than touchdowns (19).
That problem is unlikely to be fixed in 2025. Cleveland made wholesale changes to its quarterback room around Watson, who may not play this season after tearing his Achilles twice in less than a three-month span. Veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett will compete with 2025 draft picks Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders in a competition that's expected to be wide open.
Cleveland's defensive outlook for 2025 is a bit better, if only by default. The team managed to keep Myles Garrett despite the All-Pro defensive end's trade request, so he will continue to star for their pass rush. If draft picks Mason Graham and Carson Schwesinger can make an early impact in their NFL careers, that could help the Browns establish an identity on that side of the ball.
Will that be enough to get the Browns more than a few wins? It could, but their difficult-looking schedule could prevent Kevin Stefanski's squad from making a drastic improvement in season-to-season performance.
Here's Cleveland's full list of opponents for the 2025 season as the NFL's schedule release approaches.
Browns 2025 opponents
Here's the full list of Browns opponents for 2025:
Home
- Baltimore Ravens
- Buffalo Bills
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Green Bay Packers
- Miami Dolphins
- Minnesota Vikings
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- San Francisco 49ers
- Tennessee Titans
Road
- Baltimore Ravens
- Chicago Bears
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Detroit Lions
- Las Vegas Raiders
- New England Patriots
- New York Jets
- Pittsburgh Steelers
As always, the Browns are set to face their AFC North counterparts twice during the 2025 NFL season. They will also play every team in the AFC East and NFC North as part of the NFL's yearly rotating schedule.
Cleveland's final three opponents – the 49ers, Raiders and Titans – were determined based on the Browns' last-place finish in their division last season.
When is the 2025 NFL schedule release?
The NFL is set to reveal its 2025 schedule in full on Wednesday, May 14. On that date, the NFL will reveal its entire 18-week slate of matchups and bye weeks for each team.
This year's schedule release will be held one day earlier than last year's, which was on May 15. The NFL announced the full 2024 schedule at 8 p.m. ET that night, so fans can expect a similar release time for this year's schedule.