It’s not easy being a fan of the Cleveland Browns.
The team has only given its fans the occasional bright spot since returning to the NFL in 1999 – a playoff berth in 2002, a winning record in 2007, a few weeks of hope in 2014 – but otherwise it has been 16 weeks of dreary Sundays each fall.
Along with the non-stop losing has come the seemingly never-ending cycle of reboots as head coaches and front office personnel come and go.
Which is why it is has become easy to be paranoid if you are a Browns fan, especially when it comes to the latest franchise restart.