A Memorial Day weekend look at how far the Cleveland Browns have come

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Jan 10, 2021; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner (30) tries to get away from Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) in the fourth quarter of an AFC Wild Card playoff game at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /

2017: 0-16

While I expected things to be better in 2017, I could not have been more wrong. Since 1999, this is the only season I admit, I just didn’t watch games.

General manager, Sashi Brown, continued to hoard picks, but that does a team very little when they have no one on the roster. The Browns did land Myles Garrett, Jabrill Peppers, David Njoku, and Larry Ogunjobi in this draft, but the team was a total wreck.

Second-round pick DeShone Kizer started 15 games this season, throwing a whopping 11 touchdowns and 22 interceptions. Kizer had two strong preseason games against vanilla coverage and was completely awful the entire season.

There weren’t many games even close, and the ones that were, you knew the Browns didn’t stand a chance. The biggest miss of the year, a fourth-down drop by Corey Coleman in the red zone as the Browns once again tried to beat the Steelers second team in week 17. Had Coleman caught the ball, the Browns likely would have scored and avoided the dreaded 0-16 season.

There was no doubt it was time for a change, and the general manager was fired before the end of the season. John Dorsey took over on Dec. 17, 2017, and fans were once again wondering what direction the organization was going in.

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