Saturday Dawg Chow (5/16): ‘My (NFL) kingdom for a QB!’

Dawgs By Nature

• Browns fans should be rooting for these 9 young QBs in 2026 (Jared Mueller) – Cleveland Browns future lies in the hope of Shedeur Sanders or the 2027 NFL draft. Fans should be rooting for these QBs.
• 6 Browns games made easier, harder by how the schedule lines up (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns schedule sets up to make 3 games easier, 3 harder based on order, travel, and more.
• Browns open as big betting underdogs for Week 1 despite roster improvements (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns roster is much improved, but the Week 1 betting odds versus the Jaguars are quite large.

The Feed

There is always a player or two that catches the fancy of the fans during training camp and the preseason. But could be the year when one of them makes an impact in the regular season?

Cleveland Browns

• Browns schedule breakdown: Storylines, memories and series history (cleveland.com) – The Browns released their 2026 schedule on Thursday night along with the rest of the league. The schedule starts heavy on the road and only features one prime-time game. Here’s a week-by-week breakdown of the schedule, with storylines, memories and series history for every opponent.
• Five takeaways from Browns schedule (Browns Zone) – For much of the week, individual games were released in dribs and drabs. The rest, including all 17 Browns games, came gushing out Thursday night with the NFL’s official schedule release. After time to ponder the collection and arrangement of Cleveland’s 17 matchups, here are five takeaways.
• Browns 2026 opponents’ QBs ranked in tiers, from elite to newcomers (Beacon Journal) – The Browns have known their opponents for months. They found out the order in which they would play them May 14 when the full NFL schedule was announced.

NFL

• Chiefs back on biggest stages despite Mahomes injury, uncertainty (ESPN) – Even after a disappointing 6-11 in 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs are still very much one of the NFL darlings, especially when it comes to the 2026 schedule.
• NFL responds to criticism over putting games on streaming services (Yahoo Sports) – The NFL doesn’t see an issue with how many of its games will air on different streaming services in 2026.
• Projecting the 2026 NFL schedule’s most-watched national TV games (The Athletic) – From a TV perspective, the NFL is coming off a record-breaking 2025 season. With that in mind and the 2026 NFL schedule now officially released, let’s look at some of the most interesting contenders for the biggest national TV draws of the season.