The Cleveland Cavaliers ended a championship drought for the city of Cleveland this summer. The Cleveland Indians came one game away from a second championship to celebrate. The Browns, meanwhile, are on the opposite end of the Cleveland sports spectrum.
While the Cavs and Indians are on the end with the pot of gold, the Browns are nowhere close to joining their neighboring sports franchises. That doesn’t mean Browns fans are going to be left without a parade this season, however.
Fans of the NFL franchise are beginning to plan and coordinate a parade through the city to honor a potential “perfect” 0-16 season.
The plans have picked up momentum since the Browns lost Thursday night to the Baltimore Ravens. The Browns are 0-10 with six games to play. Given the schedule, 0-16 is becoming more and more likely to happen with two games against the Steelers, one against the Bengals, one against the Giants, one against the Bills, and one against the Chargers. It’s not quite a murderer’s row the Browns have to get through, although the Browns make things look more difficult than they might be. When you are taking a timeout on the first play of a game for having 12 men on the field, 0-16 almost looks like a given regardless of the schedule.
If you think this is all a joke, nope. There’s official paperwork submitted and everything. This is as legit as it can get.
The official paperwork was filed this morning with the @CityofCleveland!! The @Browns Perfect Season Parade (0-16) moves on!! #GPODAWUND pic.twitter.com/NoDBUvF7R2
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) November 11, 2016
The last team in the NFL to go 0-16 was the 2008 Detroit Lions. The dubious winless feat has been accomplished three other times since 1960, with the Baltimore Colts going 0-8-1 in strike-shortened 1982, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers going 0-14 in 1976, and the Dallas Cowboys going 0-11-1 in 1960. At least the Cowboys and Bucs can say those winless seasons were their first years in existence. The same cannot be said for the Lions (who also went 0-11 in 1942) and the Browns. They’re just pitiful franchises. Some might even call the Browns a factory of sadness.
Hopefully, this guy shows up for the festivities.
Of course, in typical Browns fashion, the team will probably win a game to even ruin these plans for the fans.
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