Browns fans have good reason to be NFL's least optimistic fanbase per The Athletic originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Cleveland Browns are coming into the 2026 NFL season likely to be one of the worst teams in the league. It would be a shocker if they made the playoffs, or even just had close to a .500 winning percentage.
This team just, simply put, isn't good enough right now. Looking into the future, there are plenty of question marks surrounding this team as well. So, for the loyal Browns fans who've stuck through thick and thin, how optimistic should they be?
According to Adam Coleman of The Athletic, a poll conducted among fans of all NFL teams, the Browns fanbase was overwhelmingly the least optimistic in the league. Unfortunately, they have good reason to have such little optimism.
Coleman shared that Browns fans handed out a brutal 2.7 percent optimism score, by far the lowest in the NFL. In 31st place, second-worst in the league, was the Miami Dolphins' fanbase, which at least had 11.1 percent optimism.

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