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Bears 21, Browns 7: Starters, backups both unimpressive as Browns fall in preseason finale

CLEVELAND: Browns coach Hue Jackson played his starters in Thursday night’s preseason finale because he thought they needed more work.

Boy, did they prove him right.

The backups aren’t impressive either, as evidenced by the team completing the preseason with a record of 0-4.

The first-string offense scored a touchdown in the Browns’ 21-7 loss to the Chicago Bears in front of a sparse crowd at FirstEnergy Stadium, but it happened in one of the least inspiring ways imaginable.

First of all, the Bears rested all of their defensive starters.

Yet quarterback Robert Griffin III and the Browns’ No.