Flashback: The year is 2020 and the Cleveland Browns are closing out the calendar year with a chance to make the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2002. A loss to the New York Jets in Week 16 drops the team to 10-5 and makes the Week 17 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers a must-win.
Browns fans know the rest of the story as the Steelers sat their starters, Cleveland eeked out that needed victory and set up a playoff rematch for the following week. In the wild-card round, everything broke the Browns way on the field and, if it weren’t for a dirty hit from Dan Sorenson, Cleveland would have won the following week and headed to the AFC Championship Game.