2. An extra primetime edge in two home divisional games
The Browns are locked into only two primetime games, but both are at home and both are against two AFC North rivals.
The first comes early in Week 3, when the Browns host the Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Cleveland will look forward to having a loud hometown crowd in its first time seeing either Mitchell Trubisky or first-round pick Kenny Pickett, and not QB Ben Roethlisberger, in a Steelers uniform.
The second primetime matchup is in Week 8 against the Bengals on a Halloween edition of Monday Night Football. It’s the first time the reigning AFC champions will play against the Browns in 2022, and it’ll come the week before the Browns are set to take their bye in Week 9.
“Our players love to play under the lights, and I know our fans love to be loud under the lights,” coach Kevin Stefanski said. “To get the Steelers on Thursday Night Football and then get the Bengals on Monday Night Football, I know those will be…