The and, by extension, their fans, are enjoying a much-needed break this weekend as one of four teams on a bye week.
It has been a long first four weeks of the season for the 2-2 Browns, with dominating wins over the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans, and demoralizing losses against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.
There is still a lot of football to be played, naturally, and with the overall play of the defense, the sometimes good things from the offense, and a schedule that is not necessarily daunting after next week’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, there is time for the Browns to right the ship before the rematches against the Ravens and Steelers in mid-November.