5 reasons the Cleveland Browns won’t be awful in 2016

Players loved to play for former head coach Mike Pettine, who is regarded as a player-friendly coach, and it showed as his practices lacked the intensity found in other team’s practices throughout the league. Couple that with Pettine’s lack of holding players accountable, and the Browns had all the makings of an underachieving team that didn’t take their jobs seriously.

All of these awful traits translated to the field each Sunday as well. Pettine’s teams always fought hard, but ran out of gas down the stretch resulting in more losses than wins during his two years at the helm.

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Enter Hue Jackson.

Jackson immediately stepped in and focused on changing that culture. During his short time here he has rid the team of players who don’t share the same vision, he’s been seen working closely with his quarterbacks during OTAs, and putting in the long hours necessary in order to change the culture of this downtrodden franchise.

Fans have seen Jackson and the front office work closely and in cohesion to add talent that they believe in and fits the culture of the team, whether its been through the draft or free agency.

With the front office and coaching staff sharing the same vision, it’s a different feel than in years past when the team was a house divided.

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