“If the season ended today” is a fun conversation when the Cleveland Browns are slotted to make the playoffs through nine weeks of the 2023 NFL season. With the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers next up on the Browns schedule, those conversations will become more meaningful in a couple of weeks.
That Cleveland is 5-3, with the second-best odds to make the postseason in the AFC North, despite losing Nick Chubb and Jack Conklin for the season and having quarterback issues is close to amazing.