Now that Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and GM John Dorsey have fired head coach Hue Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley, the team is hard at work to minimize the collateral damage to the 2018 NFL season. As I stated in my previous article,  I still believe that the Browns are most likely going to win only one of their remaining eight games. And since this team still needs to learn how to win a game on the road, I called their best opportunity to win one at home is against Cincinnati. If they are going to break the road losing streak; then it’ll most likely be in Denver, but I for one will not be holding my breath in anticipation.

The unfortunate truth is that interim head coach and current defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is not in an enviable position, as he’s been chosen to guide this roster through what will eventually tagged as another season of misery. The unfortunate truth is that Williams, as many other members of the current coaching staff, will probably be coaching elsewhere in 2019 when the Browns front office hires yet another head coach – who will naturally want to bring “his guys” in to hopefully right the ship.

The unfortunate truth is that Cleveland Browns fans deserve far better than what any version of the Browns front office has been able to deliver since their return to the NFL as an expansion franchise in 1999. “Wait until next year” is a long ago worn out battle cry.

The unfortunate truth is that, for the Cleveland Browns organization and Browns fans alike, NFL Draft Weekend is the highlight of the entire season year after year after year.

The unfortunate truth is that, although the roster is vastly more talented than in the prior two seasons, it too will continue to wear the chains of ineptitude that have haunted this franchise since its rebirth.

The unfortunate truth is that this franchise’s current ownership has had to learn things the hard way . . . by making some horrendous mistakes along the way and costing him millions of dollars in the process.

The unfortunate truth is that, over the past nineteen years, far too many veteran players – and at least one team president – have come to Cleveland just to get a paycheck, sit back and go through the motions and take it easy.

The unfortunate truth is that there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel . . . at least in 2018.

The unfortunate truth is that, until this team is able to prove the rest of the world wrong; the Cleveland Browns are now, and will continue to be, the laughing stock of the National Football League.