Why do Cleveland Browns fans always want to have more?

The Cleveland Browns are finally winning but that doesn’t stop some fans from wanting more. But winning consistently doesn’t come from chasing fantasies.

Have you ever wanted more in life? We always want to have more of this or that. We want that nice sports car or that new house.

We want that extra cup of coffee or that delicious piece of chocolate. We expect things fast now as well. We race through the drive-thru at that fast food spot or the other, always wanting that fancy latte or double burger with cheese in a speedy second!

Life has gotten fast these days. Actually, it’s been this way for a while. This story isn’t about life but it is about our beloved Cleveland Browns and how we the fans of this storied franchise have become engrossed in this fast-forward whirlwind and sometimes just start making ridiculous plans for our favorite team because we always want more.

The latest in this fiasco of crazy Browns fan’s ideas is that we should trade for Atlanta Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones. We’ve already created fictitious plans to trade for other NFL stars like Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson.

I suppose adding Jones to the Browns wouldn’t necessarily be a bad decision. Many fans in the last week have certainly shared their enthusiasm for bringing Jones to the Browns via the social media world. That in itself is a big reason for these new usually unrealistic plans always popping up. We all want more, all the time.

Back in the day, before this new social media and smartphone-addicted life we run, the Browns had times they were a really good team, like in the late 1980s when a young quarterback for the Browns, Bernie Kosar, lead the Browns to several AFC Championship games. After each season, the Browns certainly made changes to their roster, but it wasn’t so publicly announced like things are today.

For those of you from my generation, what some Browns fans are wanting now, with the likes of a player like Aaron Rodgers instead of a very successful young and talented Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, is like trading Kosar for the great San Francisco legend quarterback Joe Montana.

Yes, it might have worked back then for a very short window of time but then you would have been back to the drawing board. Who would have even considered trading hometown kid Kosar back then? But this is certainly a different world these days!

We now have a new army of fans that post and debate the sports world every moment. We wanted more. We got more.

Having had their best season in decades, Browns fans still want more. It doesn’t seem to register with some fans that the Browns were really good this past season and now legitimately have a great run of seasons in front of them. Great teams are built by great coaches and Browns coach Kevin Stefanski is one of them. Building great teams also comes from consistency and delivering a message that resonates with its players.

All these players and trade scenarios can sound great on paper, but it’s not how you deliver that consistency and message that these new Browns teams need or want.

These new young Cleveland fans have generally had lives filled with immediate feedback with their everyday life, be it a texting debate over who’s the best at this or that, or getting a swift food order placed via Door Dash. Time is fleeting and we all are racing to find the next debate!

Our Browns are now winning and that’s difficult for some to accept. It’s hard sitting on our hands and not being able to change things fast.

Rather than always wanting to change things, try taking a walk someday and appreciating the fact that the Browns are a good football team and that we might want to focus on that team in front of us rather than picturing that team as history and wanting to alter reality all the time.