Maybe This Year?

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 Maybe This Year?

As some of you may or may not know about me is that I am possibly the biggest Cleveland Browns fan ever. Yes, that is a thing. Everything is brown and orange. My room, my shirts, phone background, etc. So that means as a person, I should have a ton of hope, right? Right. And this year is no different. This year, like many other of the 15 seasons since the Browns returned to the NFL, the Browns have started 2-2. And like every year before this, us Browns fans have an incredible amount of hope for our team. But this year is different, and this is why.

Through the first 4 games of the Browns season, I've noticed a couple of traits about this year's team, that have been lacking in the other 14 teams since '99. First of all, we have a steady quarterback, and a great plan to develop a great young Quarterback in the future. Brian Hoyer is going to hold the ship down for the next 3-4 years, then Manziel is going to come in and run the show. However, Hoyer is the one quarterback since '99, to actually give us some consistency.   Some GOOD consistency. In fact, it took him until the fourth quarter of last weeks game to throw his first interception of the year. And it wasn't even a bad one either, taking a shot down the field on a third and ten from their own 30. the ball ended up on Tennessee's own 20, which is probably farther than a Spencer Lanning punt. With that, he's also been doing a great job on making smart decisions throwing the ball, and has been moving the ball down the field, for TD's. The second thing about Hoyer is that we actually have a QB who can lead a 2 minutes drill. Moreover, 3 of Hoyer's 5 wins, have been in comeback form. That is something I have never witnessed as a Browns fan. A guy who can actually lead us from behind. And he's done it three times this year. Two of those three have been wins, FYI.

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Another thing I have noticed is that this team has A LOT of fight in them. This isn't the Browns that get blown out by 42 like teams of the old. They've been down by margins of 24 and 25 on the road this year, and have at least tied it in both games. I don't know about you, but I am used to being blown out by 40 in that situation. Instead, both games were extremely close,with one of those games be a close loss, and the other the largest come from behind win by a road team in NFL history (Down 25 points against Tennessee). This tells me that I really think that these boys can make some serious noise when it comes to December. The trait of always fighting, and staying in every game is going  to keep the Browns well into the playoff hunt into December. Which brings me to my next point.

The Browns have the most winnable next two months out of any other team in the NFL. Listen to who they play in order. Pittsburgh, at Jacksonville, Oakland, Tampa Bay, at Cincinnati, Houston, at Atlanta, then at Buffalo. Those are 8 games that the Browns COULD easily win. Now looking at that schedule, I'm predicting that Cleveland is going to be seriously in the hunt for the division when we go into December. But, they will fizzle out due to a tough month against 4 potentially playoff teams.

In conclusion, what I've seen from this year's Cleveland Browns team is something that I have not seen from others. They have a steady QB situation, and have a lot of fight to go along with a pretty favorable schedule. Those reasons are a very good combo for the Browns. As said before, I think it's going to keep the browns in the playoff hunt into December. In all, I think it's going to be an improvement of a season. However, it's going to lead to an 8-8 season for Cleveland. But, Browns fans, our day is coming very soon. And it starts with THIS YEAR.

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