Browns may have a sense of déjà vu against the Bears

The Cleveland Browns will face a rookie first-round quarterback on Sunday against the Chicago Bears, a situation that is becoming common for the Browns.

The Cleveland Browns are back on the road on Sunday against the Chicago Bears in a situation that may feel like déjà vu to Browns fans everywhere.

The Browns are 0-14 on the season for the second consecutive year and are looking to avoid becoming the first team since the 2008 Detroit Lions to finish a season at 0-16.

But it is the quarterback the Browns will be facing that makes this one of those unique Cleveland moments.

Rookie Mitchell Trubisky will be making his 11th start of the season for the Bears, who selected Trubisky in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

That puts the Browns in a familiar situation as this will be the second time this season, and the seventh consecutive season, where the Browns will face a rookie first-round quarterback. Going back to the 2011 season, the Browns have taken on a team starting a first-round rookie seven previous times, with mixed results:

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• In 2011, Cleveland beat the Jacksonville Jaguars and Blaine Gabbert 14-10. Gabbert finished the day 22-of-41 for 210 yards and a QB rating of 68.1.
• In 2012, the Browns lost to Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts, 17-13. Luck was only 16-of-29 for 186 yards and took three sacks, but rushed for two touchdowns (because, of course he did) to take down the Browns.
• In 2013, Brandon Weeden came to the rescue to lead the Browns past E.J. Manuel and the Buffalo Bills, 37-24. The Browns held Manuel to 11-of-20 passing and 120 yards, while sacking him three times and eventually knocking him out of the game.
• In 2014, it was back to Jacksonville for a disappointing loss to Blake Bortles by a score of 24-6. Bortles was 17-of-31 for 159 yards and a touchdown, but the Browns picked him off three times and sacked him twice.
• In 2015, the Browns worked over Marcus Mariota and the Tennessee Titans in a 28-14 win.  Mariota finished 21-of-37 for 257 yards and two touchdowns, but took seven sacks in what was one of the defense’s few bright days on the year.
• In 2016, the Browns opened the season against Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles. Wentz finished 22-of-37 for 278 yards and two touchdowns as the Browns fell 29-10 in the season opener.
• In October, the Browns faced Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. Watson finished with 225 passing yards and three touchdowns, as the Browns lost 33-17 in Houston.

Trubisky may not be on Watson’s level, but he has shown some growth as a quarterback, thanks in large part to the Bears building an offense to protect him.

Trubisky has completed more than 60 percent of his passes in five of his past six games, and while his quarterback rating (77.8) and yards per game (182) are both near the bottom of the league rankings, he has avoided the type of turnovers that continue to plague Browns rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer. (Although the Detroit Lions picked off Trubisky three times last weekend.)

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It may not be an NFL record, but facing a first-round quarterback in his rookie year for seven consecutive seasons certainly seems like one of those “only in Cleveland” moments.