For the past two years Cleveland Browns Hoodie , the only late-season “rooting guides” we could write about were ones that would improve the Cleveland Browns’ draft position (i.e. see Week 17 of the 2017 season). Even though 3-6-1 might still feel like a bit of a stretch to start thinking about the playoffs, we don’t care! It is fun as hell to fantasize about, and we like to paint an optimistic picture:AFC Standings Heading into Week 12The Browns are unlikely to win the AFC North, since the Steelers are four wins ahead of Cleveland in the win column. Therefore, the playoff scenarios we will discuss will focus on the final wildcard spot, which Cleveland is only two wins behind in the win column (note: if the Browns finish tied in wins with any team for the final wildcard spot, Cleveland would get the edge due to having one less loss*).*Unless another team gets a tie between now and the end of the season.Week 12 Rooting Guide Summary (Most Important Right Now)Quite simply, we want everyone in front of the Browns to lose. There are a lot of teams (six) that need to lose — it won’t all happen in one week https://www.brownsfanshop.com/James-Burgess-Jersey , but the idea is that Cleveland builds a winning streak, and week-by-week, the Browns move up as a subset of teams suffer a loss.Cleveland Browns defeat Cincinnati BengalsOakland Raiders defeat Baltimore RavensPittsburgh Steelers defeat Denver BroncosHouston Texans defeat Tennessee TitansMiami Dolphins vs. Indianapolis Colts - Both of these teams are 5-5, and they each have relatively soft schedules moving forward. Therefore, it is a push on who to root for — but whoever wins this week, then we root for them to lose in the following week.These outcomes would allow Cleveland to move up to the 11th spot in the AFC. That doesn’t seem like much, but then a Week 13 win over Houston could put them in position to jump up as high as the 7th spot in the AFC in a best case scenario.Bonus Rooting (Help Take Other Teams Out of Mix)New England Patriots defeat New York JetsBuffalo Bills defeat Jacksonville JaguarsPlayoff SimulatorsESPN Playoff MachineNY Times Playoff MachineLet us know what crazy scenarios you come up with to show the Browns getting the sixth seed! Here is one for us, which even has the Browns losing one game and making it: The Cleveland Browns may have been talking a good game after defeating the Baltimore Ravens on October 7 Jim Brown Color Rush Jersey , but deep down it was never realistic to expect them to compete for a playoff spot this year.Even accepting that, they also likely never expected to be competing for the No. 1 overall selection in the upcoming NFL Draft for the third consecutive year.But that is where the team finds itself today after losing on Sunday to the Kansas City Chiefs. The loss, Cleveland’s fourth consecutive defeat, leaves the Browns at 2-6-1 on the season. That currently puts them in the No. 6 overall spot in 2019 NFL Draft, but the Browns have ample opportunities left this season to “improve” on that position, if you will.In fact, according to ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss, the Browns currently hold the second-best chance in the league to lose their remaining games:If they do that - and for a team that has not won a November game since 2014 and has only two wins in a December game in the same time period that’s not a herculean task - the Browns will once again be in the running for the top pick Jamie Collins Jersey , and would certainly be selecting no later than No. 3 overall, although they will need some help.Looking at the league’s other two-win teams - the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills - the 49ers seem the best bet to pick up a third win this season as they take on the New York Giants (1-7) next week on Monday Night Football. (And won’t that be a rating’s bonanza?)It might be difficult for the Bills to pick up another win, but they do have two games left with the New York Jets, so a split of those two match ups is not out of the realm of possibility. The Cardinals are a bit trickier, especially given that they have the league’s best chance at losing the rest of the way, although they do face the Oakland Raiders on November 18, which is a winnable game for any team not coached by Hue Jackson.The Raiders and the Giants are obstacles the Browns may not be able to overcome Christian Kirksey Color Rush Jersey , however. The Giants do not appear to have a winnable game left on their schedule, nor do the Raiders. And even if one or both of those teams managed to win a second game, that pesky tie from Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers would come back to bite the Browns, as a final record of 2-13-1 would lose out on a tiebreaker to a Giants or Raiders team that was 2-14.No Browns fans should root for the team to lose, of course, and it would be hard to stomach watching the team stumble its way through another depressing second-half of the season.But landing another high draft pick could be just enough of an elixir to ease some of that pain.