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Cleveland Browns' Hire of Kevin Stefanski Is Risky Move for Desperate Franchise

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For most of the 20 years and change that the Cleveland Browns have been back in the NFL, not much has gone right. There have been bad personnel decisions, wasted draft picks and too many losses to count—including an 0-16 season in 2017.

The 2019 campaign was supposed to be different. With their most talented roster since the late 1980s, the Browns were a trendy playoff pick under first-year head coach Freddie Kitchens. But instead of a postseason run, the Browns were a sloppy, undisciplined mess of a team that went 6-10.