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A Cleveland Browns Week 16 victory will clinch this elusive claim

Any idea what year it was the last time the Cleveland Browns didn’t finish last place in the AFC North?

Here’s a hint: the head coach’s last name kinda rhymed with Houdini. Well, Handgini.

Here’s another hint: the Browns went 5-11 that year and had two pro-bowlers on the team – center Alex Mack and left tackle Joe Thomas.

Still not sure?

Last hint: The main quarterback that season was a rookie who replaced the injured Jake Delhomme and his backup Seneca Wallace, a replacement who went 2-6 in the eight Browns games he started and who is currently on injured reserved as a backup to Alex Smith for the Washington Redskins.