New Study Labels Cleveland Browns ‘Most Depressed’ Fanbase in NFL
Posted October 28, 2025
The Cleveland Browns weren’t able to carry the momentum from their Week 7 win over the Miami Dolphins into Week 8, as they were swept aside by the New England Patriots. With the final score settling in at 32-13, the Browns suffered yet another disappointing loss in what appears set to be their latest losing season.
By now, the Browns’ longstanding stretch of losing has become well-documented in the world of sports, and there appears to be no end in sight. According to a new study from sportsbetting.ag, Cleveland’s consistent inability to put together winning squads has become so bad that it has led to their fanbase earning a rather dubious label.
Browns Found to Have ‘Most Depressed’ NFL Fanbase
sportsbetting,agThe Browns’ continued struggles have earned them an unfortunate title
Since the turn of the century, the Browns have been arguably the worst team in all of professional sports, not just the NFL. During that time, they have had just three playoff appearances, which have yielded a single playoff win back in 2020. Despite continually rebuilding, Cleveland has never managed to actually put all of the pieces of the puzzle together.
The biggest problem the Browns face on a yearly basis is their inability to find a consistent option at quarterback. Since 2000, Cleveland has had 41 different players start for them at quarterback, which is easily the highest figure in the league. And if Dillon Gabriel continues to struggle under center, that number could get bumped up to 42 later this season, as fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders is a candidate to get some starting action in the near future.
With the team unable to find a franchise quarterback, the losses have continued to pile up, and that hasn’t exactly made things easy for the franchise’s fanbase. While other teams in the NFL have struggled since 2000, none of them have been as bad as the Browns. And according to a recent study conducted on X, Cleveland has been found to have the league’s “most depressed” fanbase, with the results based on the fans’ activity on the popular social media platform.
Is There Any Hope for the Browns Moving Forward?
Expectations weren’t necessarily high for the Browns this season, but the situation has been made worse for fans because there just does not seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel right now. While the defense has been solid so far, the offense just can’t get anything going. Gabriel has only started four games, but he hasn’t exactly been great, which is why the calls for Sanders to find his way under center are growing louder with each passing day.
At some point, Cleveland will find a quarterback who can come in and turn the tides of the franchise, but it remains to be seen when that will happen. The Browns appear to be on track to earn another high pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, which they could use to target their quarterback of the future. Until they find an answer at the most important position in all of football, though, chances are the team will continue to struggle for the time being.
Patrick Queen Sends Steelers Strong Challenge After Woeful Game vs. Tucker Kraft
Linebacker Patrick Queen and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense struggled considerably covering Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft in Week 8. Kraft posted seven catches for 143 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 35-25 Green Bay victory.
That could foreshadow bad things to come for the Steelers defense. Pittsburgh will host rookie tight end star Tyler Warren and the Indianapolis Colts on November 2 in Week 9.
However, Queen vowed Sunday night the Steelers defense will fix its coverage on tight ends immediately.
The linebacker didn’t say how it would be fixed. But he essentially promised it would.
“It’s going to be resolved,” Queen said. “It’s going to be resolved this week.”
Patrick Queen, Steelers Defense Struggling to Cover Opposing TEs
The Steelers defense had so much trouble stopping the run and slowing down the Cincinnati Bengals star receivers that after Week 7, Pittsburgh’s coverage on opposing tight ends was an afterthought.
But it isn’t anymore after Kraft led the Packers in receiving and torched the Steelers defense for two scores.
Kraft, though, wasn’t the first tight end to have a big game against Mike Tomlin’s unit this season.
The Steelers also allowed New England Patriots‘ Hunter Henry and Cleveland Browns’ Harold Fannin to post at least 80 receiving yards. Furthermore, the Steelers have yielded six receiving touchdowns to tight ends in seven games this season.
With that in mind, it’s hard to foresee how Queen’s statement that the Steelers will fix the problem this week comes true. But it would certainly help the unit if the team can do a better job containing tight ends.
That’s because the Steelers will face arguably the top rookie at the position in Week 9.
In eight games, Warren already has 37 catches for 492 yards and three touchdowns for the Colts. The rookie is averaging 13.3 yards per reception.
Warren doesn’t have any massive receiving games. But he has posted more than 50 yards every week but two.
Warren has also scored all three of his touchdowns since the start of October.
Steelers Historic Bad Night vs. Tucker Kraft
Kraft broke out with 50 catches, 707 receiving yards and seven touchdowns last year. So his production against the Steelers defense didn’t come out of nowhere.
Having said that, it was an historically bad night in pass coverage against the tight end. Kraft had more yards after the catch than any other tight end in the NFL since 2018 against the Steelers on Sunday.
Kraft was also the first tight end to eclipse the 140 receiving yards mark and score twice versus the Steelers since Jackie Smith did that in 1963.
Tucker Kraft is the first TE to post 140+ yards and 2 TDs against the #Steelers since Hall of Famer Jackie Smith in 1963.
A historic night against Pittsburgh.
It also wasn’t like the Steelers were doing a good job covering all the other Packers pass-catchers besides Kraft. At one point during the second half, Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love completed 20 consecutive passes.
It’s unknown where that stands all time in Packers history. But Brett Favre only had one consecutive passes streak of 20 in his career, and Aaron Rodgers never completed 20 passes in a row with Green Bay.
The Steelers have a lot to fix on defense. Covering opposing tight ends, though, appears to be one of the biggest things after Sunday.
