Cleveland Browns: Five games to watch during the bye week

Dec 6, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns fans during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 6, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns fans during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 6, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns fans during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 6, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns fans during the fourth quarter at FirstEnergy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /

With the Cleveland Browns on a bye week, many fans will need to get their football fix by way of other games. This is your viewer’s guide for Sunday.

Bye weeks have several purposes. They provide an opportunity to get rest, heal from lingering injuries, and even just get away from football for a few days.

But for many fans of the Cleveland Browns, the bye week does none of this. While it may be a nice breather from a miserable season, it also leaves a void in the week.

Many Browns fans are not just fans of the Browns, but are football fans in general. For those of us who are this way, Sunday would not be complete without at least some football on TV.

Knowing the challenges of a bye week for fans, we decided to create a fan’s viewing guide for Sunday’s slate of NFL games. The following are five games to watch, ranked based on how interesting and satisfying they will turn out to be.