There wasn't a more hyped team in the National Football League this offseason than the Cleveland Browns. And the center of that hurricane of hyperbole was the two men who took northern Ohio by storm a year ago—quarterback Baker Mayfield and head coach Freddie Kitchens.
Well, three games into the season the hype surrounding the Browns appears to have been full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. After falling 20-13 to the Los Angeles Rams, the Browns are 1-2 and look nothing like the Super Bowl contender some made them out to be.
And the guys who were highlighted as franchise saviors are a big part of the problem.