Cleveland Browns news (5/15): Make your plans: the 2026 schedule is here!

Cleveland Browns

• Deion Sanders hints Shedeur’s NFL draft slide will be featured in 30-for-30-like documentary (Bleacher Report) – Colorado head coach Deion Sanders hinted at a potential documentary similar to ESPN’s 30 for 30 docuseries regarding the slide of his son, Shedeur, in the 2025 NFL draft before the Cleveland Browns selected him in the fifth round.
• 2026 NFL schedule release shows the Browns still have to prove it in prime time (cleveland.com) – Don’t worry Browns fans, in 2026, you’ll at least be well-rested. A year after being left out of the prime time games entirely, Cleveland is clawing its way back into the nighttime slate — barely.
• 2026 Schedule: Browns open with two straight in Florida, including Week 2 against Baker Mayfield and Buccaneers (Browns Zone) – Baker Mayfield won’t have to wait long to see his old team and try to exact a measure of revenge following their acrimonious separation.
• Browns sign 2nd-round draft pick Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to rookie deal (Beacon Journal) – Add another draft pick to the list of those signed by the Browns. Second-round pick Emmanuel McNeil-Warren signed his rookie contract May 14, the team announced. It’s the standard four years in length.

NFL

• 2026 NFL rookie quarterbacks: Team fits, roles, projections (ESPN) – The quarterback class for the 2026 NFL draft went 10 players deep. While that’s slightly fewer than the 13 who went off the board in 2025, the Class of 2026 is led by two first-rounders, including the first overall pick. So how does every quarterback fit with his new team? We took a closer look at what’s next for all 10 drafted passers.
• How NFL teams create schedule release videos: Memes, cameos and taking a joke (but not too far) (The Athletic) – When Kenton Olson sat with the Seattle Seahawks social media team in 2016 to brainstorm their schedule release approach, he posed a question: What’s something that would get my mom to pay attention to the schedule?
• Bengals WR Tee Higgins eyeing first 1,000-yard, 10-TD season (NFL.com) – Cincinnati Bengals Pro Bowl wide receiver Tee Higgins is coming off a career-high 11-touchdown season, but generated just 846 yards receiving, second-lowest in his six-year career. It marked the third straight season the wideout has been below the 1,000-yard mark, but his second consecutive with double-digit touchdowns. In 2026, Higgins wants to put the two together.