BEREA, Ohio — Robert Griffin III has the chance to do Sunday what a Browns quarterback has not done since Jeff Garcia in 2004: Win a season opener.
Yes, it's been that long.
Garcia beat the Baltimore Ravens 20-3 in the 2004 season opener. Since, the Browns have lost 11 openers in a row, an NFL record. Garcia? He went on in '04 to lose seven of his final nine starts.
Since the team returned from an Art Modell imposed hiatus in 1999, the Browns have gone 1-16 to start the season, 0-3 on the road and 1-13 at home.