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Baker, Bud Lights and Rally Opossums: How Cleveland ended 635 days of losing

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns have never won a Super Bowl. But nearly year ago, against the same team they'll face on Monday Night Football, it sure felt like they did.

After going 635 days without a victory, the woeful Browns had become the NFL's punching bag and punchline. From Tim Couch to Johnny Manziel, Cleveland cycled through so many quarterbacks it became laughable, even to languishing Browns fans. The ineptitude had gotten so bad that Bud Light promised free beer in Cleveland if the Browns ever won again.

But under the Thursday night lights with a massive national television audience gradually tuning in, that all changed in Week 3 against the New York Jets.