CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Christian Kirksey has been here before: on a winless team, sliding towards the wrong side of history. Last year, to be exact.
"We're not going 0-16," he declared following an early November loss to Dallas in 2016 that dropped the Browns to 0-9. They didn't go 0-16, though they came awfully close, failing to win until their next-to-last game on Christmas Eve.
Sunday, following a loss that dropped the Browns to 0-11, Kirksey delivered another message, this time behind closed doors, though it was audible to those waiting in the interview room for head coach Hue Jackson.