The last team to go win-less (0-16) were the Detroit Lions in the 2008 season.
Head coach Hue Jackson was a big-time hire entering this season. Formerly the offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals and was the biggest name, to most, of the off season.
The 2012 no.2 overall draft-selection Robert Griffin III or 'RGIII' signed with the team back in March of 2016 after struggling to recover from nagging injuries, playing inconsistent and being outplayed by former-draft mate Kirk Cousins (third-round selection in 2012). When Griffin signed with the team, there were a lot of analysts and people around the league that felt that the Browns would be a pretty good team and Hue's system would compliment his [Griffin's] abilities and it could help, maybe, resurrect his career. Now, I don't think anybody picked the Browns to win a playoff game but they at least saw a competitive team.
If I were to express what I thought of the current situation of this team, it would be that they remind me of one other professional organization. That organization being... The Philadelphia 76ers also referred to as the Sixers.
In 2014 the Sixers drafted former Kansas Center Joel Emiid, who was highly scouted and ranked coming out of college. During his lone year at Kansas, Embiid played second fiddle to former no.1-overall-selection Andrew Wiggins. When Emiid was drafted, it seemed as if he had an issue with being drafted to the organization as he was on delay on a video stream. But that wasn't the biggest thing that made fans panic in Philadelphia. Embiid didn't play a game in his first two seasons of being drafted. There were questions, before this season, if he ever would. Through the two years without Embiid the Sixers started a slogan to try to get their fans to "buy-in" to what they were doing and the direction of the organization/team "trust the process" is the slogan that they've been living by. Now, with Embiid playing, the Sixers are showing that they can at least be fun to watch and will be a competitive team as this young team matures. When they get to see 2016 first-round selection Ben Simmons, 2015 first-round selection Jahlil Okafor and Embiid together, that's when I believe the fans will get to see the true "process" that the organization has been talking about.
The Sixers haven't had a winning record since 2011-12 (35-31) which was a shortened season, due to an NBA lockout. That year they lost in the NBA eastern conference semi-finals
The Cleveland Browns organization, not only the fans, should learn to adopt the same attitude as the Sixers. Hue Jackson is a very good coach. We've seen Terrell Pryor Sr. develop into a very good wide receiver and they've even been able to get Isaiah Crowell to look like one of the best running backs in the league. Rome wasn't built in one day, neither were the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs and neither will the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns fans need to be patient, give Hue Jackson some time and TRUST THE PROCESS. There was a reason that Jackson was one of top head coaching candidates last season, there's a reason the Bengals players and organization loved having him in the locker room. This is a team that you have to give time to improve.
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