Welcome to Week 10 of the NFL! This weekly column includes a lot of loose ends leading up to Sunday’s game.
1. Climbing Out of Rock Bottom: When the Browns failed to execute the trade for A.J. McCarron, it felt like rock bottom for this regime. The team was already 0-8, but not the continuous rumors of in-house friction had some merit. On top of that, not only did the Browns botch the trade, the trade itself seemed like it would’ve been a poor decision.
But in the days that followed, the organization did end up getting some glimmers of hope.