I think thats a bit optimistic. Don’t get me wrong, I see improvement this year, and a little more the year after, then we can talk playoffs.

i’m not ready to make any firm predictions until i see our final roster for the season. but a very early preliminary prediction is 6-10.

Didn’t someone on here say that Lerner is only giving Holmgren 3 years to become contenders?

Things change fast in the NFL. We could be in the playoff hunt this year, 9-7 or 10-6 is absolutely not out of the question, and a record like that could win our division, given the tough competition. If the Browns rise up to respectability, there will be no weak link in the AFC north.

I’d be overjoyed with 8 – 8 next year.

Playoffs are probably 2 or 3 years away simply because of the division we play in. The Steelers and Ravens front offices are rock solid so it’s unlikely either takes a huge nosedive and the Bengals look like they actually put together a pretty good group too. 8 wins next year would be a huge, huge accomplishment. For that to happen we would need to strike gold in the draft and get much improved QB play. How sweet would it be if Brady made huge strides this year and eliminated the need to take another QB high?

Of course until the draft and free agency are over we don’t really know squat but it’s fun to talk about.

This is very early to predict. Probably in two months we will be able to get a better idea. 11 draft picks, Free agents that could join the team. Add Thomas Jones would have to help, so who knows.
 This team is finally heading in the right direction, I could see a 9-7 and I can see 7-9.
 I will sell high and go 10-6, I am a half full guy.

With as much in flux as we have here right now, I can’t imagine predicting next season’s record.

My philosophy is that everyone’s in playoff contention every year until they are mathematically eliminated. It’s the NFL – wacky things happen. Did anyone really believe that the Browns would go 10-6 a couple of years ago and be within a couple Derek Anderson interceptions against Cinci and a total Indianapolis lie-down of getting a playoff spot?

Hmmmm. My guess would be 2012 at the earliest.

Barring FA acquisitions, we’ll be heading into next year with two rookie DBs (or one and Brandon McDonald, which is worse), two second year WRs, we’ll be relying on guys like Rubin and Schaeffering to play up to their potential, we’ll have who knows what at QB, and we’ll be leaning heavily on a group of running backs who are anything but proven. And chances are pretty slim that we have Oakland, KC, and a floundering Jacksonville team back to back to back at the end of the season to pad our record.

I think we’re still on the schedule Mangini set when he drafted two wideouts in the second round. 2011 will be year three for those wideouts and, I think, the first year we can expect to be competetive week in and week out.

We’re a four to six win team this year.

6-10 for me, steady progress. Holmegren is only adding at the moment, hasn’t dismantled anything from Mangini’s year (can’t call it an era can we) and the Crennel era is pretty much done with in terms of structure.

2/3 seasons we’ll be in the playoffs but with an 11-5 sort of record. You won’t go 14-2 in our division, but it makes you tough…

followed by a 10 the year after that,

I may be putting too much into this, but with uncapped free agency I don’t see the Browns being able to make the playoffs too often. If you look at the Indians, they get their draft, and develop them and by the time they have amounted to anything, their contracts are up and we can’t resign them. The Indians have a small window in which they can be successful. Hopefully this won’t be the case with the Browns, but uncapped free agency, in my opinion, is one of the biggest obstacles the Browns will face in making runs for the playoffs.