Back in training camp last year, Jimmy Haslam didn’t sugarcoat anything. “This is the NFL,” he said. “If anybody understands how hard it is to win, it’s us, OK?” He wasn’t kidding. The Browns had high hopes coming off a playoff run with Joe Flacco, a top-ranked defense, and what looked like a legit direction under Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry. But then came the injuries. A brutal schedule. A quarterback room that felt like a rotating door at an urgent care clinic. The whole thing collapsed. Hard.

By January 2025, the dust had settled – and not in a good way. The Browns were 3-14. The Flacco fairytale was a one-hit wonder. Deshaun Watson was still MIA, and the No. 1 defense looked more like a ghost story than a blueprint. The same ownership that once claimed to feel

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