Hope springs eternal—or so the old saying goes.
It's different in Cleveland. On the shores of Lake Erie, hope springs for about four minutes until it's drowned in a sea of misery and despair. The hapless Browns are coming off the worst two-year stretch of the expansion era, a 1-31 nightmare the team can't seem to wake up from.
It's a testimonial to the resilience and loyalty of Cleveland's long-suffering fanbase that so many are hopeful of a big leap forward in 2018. There's optimism the Browns finally found the franchise quarterback that has eluded them for the better part of two decades when they drafted Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield No.