Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab share their expectations for the Cleveland Browns this season. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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The Browns stink.
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OK. Now, this is where we’re different though.
I thought the Browns were gonna stink last year.
You did not.
Because I thought the Browns were going to stink last year.
I’m on repeat for even though everybody, I, I, I, I, I’m loud about, I don’t think the Browns are gonna be any good.
I thought they were gonna be terrible last year.
So I think they finished 3 and 14, which is a little worse than I thought they finished last year.
I think there’s still a 5 or less win team.
I’m repeat for the Browns.
Yeah, I’ve obviously got to be retreat.
I’ve eaten a lot of crow on how, how high I was on the Browns.
I did back off it a little bit when all the reports on Deshaun Watson in August were bad, but still, I’ll take that L. I thought the Browns were going to be pretty good last year.
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A lot of that was due to their defense and their defense just fell off a cliff, and we’re reminded.
Defensive greatness from year to year is is not always sticky, like it varies, it varies a lot, and it did for the Browns.
The one hope for the Browns is that the defense does bounce back to at least a top 10-ish level.
And when you have Miles Garrett on your side, that can happen.
And then maybe the Browns run the ball really well with two rookie running backs who come in might might just transform their offense, but Man, the quarterback room is just, it’s, it’s tough.
Like, I, how can you get behind any of those guys?
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I don’t know, like Dylan Gabriel, I guess, hasn’t looked that great in OTAs.
Shido Shidori fell for a reason.
Joe Flacco’s 40 and he was awful last year at the Colts.
Kenny Pickett’s never been that dude.
Which of these quarterbacks, it like takes over, it just leads them to a good season.
I don’t know who that could be.
Their schedule is just awful, like, If you could get them above 1 in 5 in their 1st 6 games, hats off to you, cause I don’t know how to do it.
I don’t know where the wins come.
I, I think it’s a much better chance of 06 after 6 games.
Yeah, the Browns could be bad.
Like their only hope is they could be one of those, we’re gonna run the ball 40 times a game and play good defense and squeeze out some 1613 wins, but even that, I don’t, I don’t know you could win close games with a bad quarterback situation.
So yeah, I, I, I think the Browns are gonna be one of the worst teams in the NFL this year.