Cleveland Browns fans voiced their feelings about years of frustration with a protest march in arctic cold six days after a winless 2017 season ended.
They might have spoken louder during games.
For years, Browns fans showed up regardless of the product or record. In 2017, they didn’t. For the first time in a long time, the team’s attendance started to reflect the record.
The team’s eight-game average for 2017 was 63,883, the lowest since the team returned to the NFL in 1999 and the lowest since 1984, the season Sam Rutigliano was fired.