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How bad are Browns? Let us count the ways

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, September 14, 2007

In 1999, the Cleveland Browns opened the inaugural season of their second incarnation in the league and, in front of a raucous home crowd starving for the return of pro football after a three-season hiatus, they laid an egg. Actually, a goose egg. The Browns lost 43-0 to rival Pittsburgh that day and management panicked, benching veteran quarterback Ty Detmer and turning the starting job over to Tim Couch, the initial overall selection in that year's draft. Couch, however, was ill-prepared ...

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