Baker Mayfield, Browns look for hope from an ugly win

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns are a team that scored 42 points and lost, and then scored 12 and won.

If that sounds imperfect, it’s because it is.

But for these Cleveland Browns, any win is a good win, and any close win is a better win. A team trying to change its culture, belief system and misery index needed it -- and maybe can use a 12-9 overtime victory to propel it forward.

"It is good to see the other side of it," said rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield, who threw for 342 yards in his second NFL start, the second-highest passing yardage in a game by a rookie in Browns history.

There are so many examples of how the suffering has festered.

Six losses in 2017 were decided by six points or…