On Tuesday, the Cleveland Browns closed the book on the 2011 trade that netted the team five draft picks (including a pair of first-rounders) and the Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones.
And what a sad, pitiful book it is.
But the release of defensive tackle Phil Taylor doesn't just do that. It very aptly demonstrates why the Browns have made exactly zero progress as a franchise since that fateful day in 2011.
And what the team has to do if it ever wants that to change.
As Albert Breer of NFL.