Todd Monken is confident in the Browns’ chances amid a losing streak, seeing homefield advantage play a big role in their next matchups.
Todd Monken sent a clear message to the Cleveland Browns squad regarding their upcoming matchups in the second half of the 2026 NFL season.
Monken is going through the first year of his head coaching career with the Browns. He has exceeded expectations so far, having Cleveland first with playoff contention throughout the first nine weeks of the season.
Monken spoke with media on Monday following the Browns’ Week 9 loss to the New Orleans Saints, per reporter Andrew Siciliano. Most of Cleveland’s games happened on the road, something the head coach said will be the opposite moving forward.
“This was not easy to play six of your first nine games on the road. That’s only happened two other times in the NFL. Do I think it’ll harden us? I do. Terms of what, and we come out of it 5-4. Now, before the season, would I have said, man, I’m jacked if we’re 5-4? Yeah. Well, it doesn’t feel that way when you’re 5-2, I said it to Andrew Berry. I said it’s like saying when you’re 30, man, would you take being would you take living to 78 and have a great life? And probably a 30- or 35-year-old say, ‘You bet.’ Well, I don’t say that s**t when I’m 60. I want to live ‘til I’m 85 or 90, and that’s what we did,” Monken said.
“We don’t like it where we’re at once we got to 5-2, but we’ve earned being 5-4. We’re right there in the mix. I do believe our best football’s ahead of us, and I wanted our guys to know that we made it through a pretty damn hard grind of having six of your first nine on the road. We’re 3-0 at home. Guess what? We have the next four at home and a bye week. It’s all right there in front of us. It really is.”
“We’re 3-0 at home. Guess what? We have the next four at home and a bye week. It’s all right there in front of us. It really it is.” pic.twitter.com/So0o9PyURj
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) November 9, 2026
Cleveland has a 5-4 record this season, sitting at third place in the AFC North Division standings. They are above the Baltimore Ravens while trailing the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at the moment. In terms of the conference standings, they are eighth place. They lead over the Las Vegas Raiders and the Ravens while being under the New England Patriots and the Bengals.
The Browns will look to bounce back in their next matchup, being at home. They host the Houston Texans in Week 10 as kickoff commences on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. ET.
Todd Monken sent a clear message to the Cleveland Browns squad regarding their upcoming matchups in the second half of the 2026 NFL season. Monken is going through the first year of his head coaching career with the Browns. He has exceeded expectations so far, having Cleveland first with playoff contention throughout the first nine weeks of the season.
