CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Browns will never be irrelevant in this town.
No matter how much they tempt that fate.
But let's just say these next three games carry the real possibility of Browns fandom earning equal things-to-do status with raking leaves and tuning up the snowblower.
Chores, all three of them, if games against Arizona, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh go as Vegas expects.
After Arizona Sunday, the Browns won't be home again until the last day of November. A Monday night game with Baltimore – lucky viewers – is the first of three consecutive home games that once upon a time looked like either a welcome port in the storm (the realist's view) or a launching pad (the optimist's take).