They don’t have to be good, they just have to be better. Better than their previous selves; well, that’s a given, but more importantly, the Browns need to be better than every team that ever won the AFC North. Just a friendly reminder, but the Browns aren’t included in that group. I’m sure no one needs any kind of reminder, friendly or otherwise, to know that this reboot has been brutal in every way imaginable, and has likely exceeded the boundaries of even the most twisted imagination.
I could make excuses, I could say it’s not fair, and I could swear to you that the blue pen is red, but I’d have a hard time convincing anyone that any of it matter when numbers speak volumes. Low numbers like zero and one stick out the most, high numbers would stick out too, if there were any. Just seven times in the illustrious first fourteen years of this god-forsaken carnation of the Cleveland Browns netted three wins or more in the division, and that does include the first three years of the new franchise playing 10 intra-division games in the 6-team AFC Central Division
My apologies to the masses out there expecting the usual debonaire satire - life has prevented me from it this week.
Eric Fischer is an artist, graphic designer and U.S. Navy veteran who has worked in the design field for nearly 20 years. He is currently a creative director for a manufacturing company and also works as a freelance designer in his spare time. He is a life long, unapologetic and die hard Cleveland sports fan.
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