Relative to the offseason expectations that they set up for themselves, the first half of the Cleveland Browns’ 2019 season has been a spectacular failure. Fresh off the feeling of a 5-2 run to close out their last campaign, the team bolstered its roster with additions of players like Odell Beckham, Sheldon Richardson, and Olivier Vernon and turned its attention to winning the division.
Eight games later, they are actually in a worse position than they were when they started to make their run in the second half of the season.