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Browns Face More Pressure Than Any Team in NFL to Finally Become True Contenders

The Cleveland Browns are entering a make-or-break season based on the moves they've made over the past two years. Anything less than a playoff appearance with a good showing in the postseason should signal significant change.

Considering the team failed to make the postseason in each of the last two seasons, they have an uphill climb, especially in the AFC North.

"I think that we have expectations to go to the playoffs," owner Jimmy Haslam told reporters at March's NFL Annual Meeting. "I'm not going to say if we don't make the playoffs, X, Y, Z happens because that'll be the headline tomorrow.