Things are not exactly going according to plan so far this year for the Cleveland Browns, although perhaps they may be going as expected. After briefly flirting with relevance last season thanks to a 5-2 run over the final seven games to finish *checks notes* under .500, with a shiny new franchise quarterback in Baker Mayfield, there was optimism aplenty in the City That Never Wins heading into 2019.
But the Browns have a worse record now than they did at this same point in time a year ago. Sitting at 2-5, it’s currently hard to picture them getting to .