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Cleveland Browns: Who will be the King of the AFC North in the 2020 season?

By Joshua Austin

Myles Garrett #95 of the Cleveland Browns - (Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)
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CLEVELAND, OHIO – DECEMBER 22: A Cleveland Browns fan holds up a Baker Mayfield giant head cutout during the game against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium on December 22, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO – DECEMBER 22: A Cleveland Browns fan holds up a Baker Mayfield giant head cutout during the game against the Baltimore Ravens at FirstEnergy Stadium on December 22, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

As we take another step towards the start of the NFL season with the 2020 schedule release, who look to see if the Cleveland Browns can win the AFC North

The National Football League finally released the full schedule for the perspective 2020 season, laying the pathway to the playoffs for 14 fortunate franchises. After an eventful draft and free agency period thus far, especially from the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, it looks like the keys to the AFC crown may go through the AFC North.

Even the cellar-dwelling Cinnicinatti Bengals have made substantial offseason gains after their 2-14 campaign in 2019. The schedule makers have also done the division some serious favors, with all four teams having a strength of schedules at 6th easiest or better.

Based on the previous year’s records the Ravens’ have the NFL’s easiest schedule with opponents holding a record of 112-144 (.439). The second easiest schedule belongs to the Pittsburgh Steelers with opponents going 117-139 (.457), followed by the Browns 118-138 (.459) having the fourth easiest prospective schedule. The division is rounded out by the Bengals facing a  schedule of teams who finished 122-134 (.477) last season.

Obviously basing the difficulty of a schedule based purely on the previous season’s record can be a bit of a fallacy. The San Fransico 49ers went from 4-12 to 13-3 in the period of one season.

While that’s not a typical result, you can expect some of the teams on their schedules to improve from last season. This includes within their own division, as it’s hard to imagine the Bengals only winning two games with all their off-season improvements.

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