Well, that certainly did not go the way the Cleveland Browns drew it up.
The Browns lost their season-opening game on Sunday against Miami in a very familiar fashion. The loss was the team’s ninth consecutive to open the season – the longest current streak in the NFL – and the Browns are now 1-14 to open the season since 1999.
After a complete off-season of working with new offensive coordinator Norv Turner, the offense came out and looked just like the same offense we saw in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
The first offensive drive ended in an interception when wide receiver Travis Benjamin did not fight hard enough for the ball; second series was three-and-out; third series ended in an interception when Greg Little could not catch a ball that hit him in the hands; fourth drive was stalled by an Oniel Cousins penalty; the fifth drive was another interception on a bad Brandon Weeden pass; and, well, you get the idea.