Now eight years into the rebirth of the Cleveland Browns franchise, the team has an abysmal 40-84 win-loss record over that time span. Players and coaches have come and gone, and the only constant (besides Phil Dawson) through that stretch has been the ownership of the Lerner family. In his latest, Gary Benz makes a good point: ownership never seems to get the blame for the inferior product. And ultimately, the people at the top should be the ones held responsible.

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The Akron Beacon-Journal dubbed last night's loss "embarrassing" on the front page of their sports page. In his latest, Gary Benz asks if anyone is actually still embarrassed at this point. I mean really, it was a Thursday night game in December in Pittsburgh between two teams going nowhere on a network that most people can

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You want to know what makes the Browns unbearable to watch? You want to know why we want to kick the TV set after the majority of games? Thursday night is why. Once again, not only did the Browns lose, they looked like they didn't even belong on the same field with their opponent. They weren't even capable of putting up a fight. They were utterly and thoroughly overmatched and outclassed. Papa Cass vents.

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A quarterback controversy? We know how to do that. And it's about the only thing this season has been missing. In "The Morning After", Papa Cass looks back on yesterdays shocking home overtime win over the Chiefs , and comments on what appears to be yet another blossoming QB controversy. Things get started back up quickly for the Browns this week, as they travel to Pittsburgh for a Thursday night game.

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