The Cleveland Browns will face a familiar foe in the Pittsburgh Steelers when the open the 2017 NFL season on Sept. 10 at FirstEnergy Stadium.
It will mark the first time in 10 years that the Browns will host the Steelers in the season opener, and there are a few parallels between that season and the one coming up this fall.
No one expected much from the Browns 10 years ago as they were coming off a 4-12 season. Cleveland entered the season with a quarterback that some fans erroneously believed was the answer (Charlie Frye), Derek Anderson and a rookie from Notre Dame (Brady Quinn, fresh off the most bizarre contract holdout in recent memory).