Cleveland Browns News: Looks like no playoffs for 16th year in a row
By Randy Gurzi
The Daily Dawg Tags bring you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know. Including it looking all but certain that the playoff drought will continue.
Over the weekend, the Cleveland Browns saw their slim hopes at the playoffs take a serious hit. While it was still quite a long shot, Cleveland was still in the hunt for the final Wild Card spot.
Then they lost to the Houston Texans, which knocked them down to 4-7-1 on the season with just four games to play. While they’re not mathematically eliminated yet, their record makes it all but impossible for them to end their long playoff drought.
With the Bills making it to the postseason last year, Cleveland now has the longest streak of 15 years, and it’s about to be 16.
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Cleveland Browns News
Browns’ playoff hopes all but dashed — for 16th year in a row — Pat McManamon, ESPN
"Another year, another season ending after 16 games.Barring a miracle that might include the parting of the seas and the rewriting of the Magna Carta, the Cleveland Browns will make it 16 seasons in a row without reaching the NFL playoffs."
The Browns currently have the longest playoff drought in the NFL. While they’ve been better this season, it looks like it will be 16 seasons in a row without a postseason berth. The good news is they’re headed in the right direction and there may be a chance that streak ends at 16.
"The Browns did not put a waiver claim on former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, the Willoughby, Ohio native who was waived Saturday by the Chiefs after TMZ released a video of him shoving and kicking a woman at downtown Cleveland hotel in February."
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