The Cleveland Browns have followed a familiar path in recent years during the offseason.
The team closes out a disappointing season, releases some players who contributed to the disappointment, does some positive (and puzzling) things on draft night, and then when the following season rolls around people lament about the “ones who got away.”
That scenario got an early jump this week with some revisionist history about former Browns cornerback Joe Haden, who was released prior to the start of the season when he declined to accept a pay cut and play for a salary more in line with his decline in play.