The Cleveland Browns opened the 2017 regular season with, while not high expectations, at least expectations that things would not be as bad as they were in 2016.
Part of that believe was due to the arrival of rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer, who simply had to be better than Robert Griffin III and Cody Kessler.
In those heady days of late summer it was easy to overlook that rookie quarterbacks, especially ones that had Kizer’s limited experience, would likely struggle.
Everyone also overlooked the negative impact that head coach Hue Jackson would have on his rookie quarterback.