The Cleveland Browns have reached the midway point of the 2016 NFL season carrying the banner as the league’s only winless team.
The last time the Browns started a season so poorly was in 1975 when first-year coach Forrest Gregg took over a team that had breathed the last of its dynasty years. That team lost its first nine games before winning three-of-four in what would ultimately be a 3-11 season,
While this year’s Browns team is 0-8, not all of their losses have been created equally.
The team has only been blown out twice — against the New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals – have lost four games by a combined total of just 16 points and have had a pair of come-from-ahead defeats.