Around this time last year, Cleveland Browns fans were still basking in the glow of their favorite team’s offseason moves.
Quarterback Baker Mayfield was given a brand new weapon in Odell Beckham Jr. Paired with former LSU teammate Jarvis Landry, Cleveland appeared to have one of the most imposing wideout duos in the NFL. Complement these two with speedster Antonio Callaway and Mayfield’s security blanket, Rashard Higgins, and it made all the sense in the world to assume the Browns would light up the scoreboard all fall.
They did not.
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