Browns fans’ confidence down to 16% heading into Week 16

This week’s FanPulse voting results are in, heading into Week 16 of the NFL season. If you haven’t signed up to vote each week, you can still do so here.

The Browns confidence dropped 16 percentage points from 32% to 16% between Weeks 15 and 16. That officially marks a new low for the 2019 season, considering that it basically eliminated the Browns from postseason contention. If Cleveland couldn’t handle Arizona last week, what gives us confidence that they’ll handle Baltimore in Week 16? I don’t have a good feel for how the confidence rating would improve if Cleveland were to win their final two games.

The national poll this week asked whether division winners should host a playoff game, even if the wildcard team has the better record. I agreed with the group that say “yes.” Even though it sucks that a wildcard team can finish second in a tough division, I always think there has to be a reward for winning your division.