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Browns have a bad day in Big D

There will be lots of debate this week after the Cleveland Browns most recent loss, a 23-20 overtime setback to the Dallas Cowboys.

Talk about Pat Shurmur’s future as head coach. Talk about Brandon Weeden’s future as starting quarterback. Talk about Miles Austin’s fumble in overtime that was ruled an incomplete pass. Talk about another game that got away from the Browns in another season that is going to end like so many seasons before it.

“You can’t look at this team and say we don’t play hard or we don’t fight,” quarterback Brandon Weeden said. “We just haven’t been able to finish lately.”

Yeah, Brandon, we know.

For all the details, head over to The Cleveland Fan.

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Browns vs. Cowboys – Week 11

The Cleveland Browns come off the bye and head to Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys.

With seven games left in the season, and some potential wins there for the taking, how will the players and coaches respond as they are under the continued microscope of owner James Haslam and CEO Joe Banner?

Can the Browns also earn their first road win since Week 2 of last year?

Let’s see if we can find some answers at The Cleveland Fan.

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Browns at the bye: Are things half-full or half-empty?

The Cleveland Browns are currently enjoying their bye week, sitting in last place of the AFC North with a 2-7 record.

Through the first half of the season the Browns have missed numerous opportunities to improve on their record. Missed plays against Cincinnati and Indianapolis, a blown lead against the Giants, and mistakes at the wrong time have all helped contribute to the current situation.

Of course, in the NFL you are what your record says you are and the reason teams are 2-7 is because they make the kind of mistake the Browns have made through the first nine weeks of the season.

“What’s nice about the bye week is, it’s about the Browns,” Browns coach Pat Shurmur said. “It’s about whoever your team is. You focus on, ‘what can we do better as we move forward?’ We’re just getting ourselves ready to go as we move forward.”

With a Sunday free of everyone’s anxiety-producing favorite team, let’s take a look at the Browns with a glass half-full/half-empty take.

Browns to hit the road with the Travel Channel

On the road again
Just can’t wait to get on the road again.

The Travel Channel will feature the Cleveland Browns on a new series that, according to a press release, promises to “pull back the curtain” on the Browns current 2012 season.

Boy, wait until America gets a look at just how difficult it can be at times to be a Browns fan.

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Haslam, Browns should look to Spain for inspiration

It was while reading Grant Wahl’s excellent article in Sports Illustrated, The World’s Team, that we had our ah-ha moment about the Cleveland Browns.

We want them to be the NFL’s version of FC Barcelona.

It’s not just the Barcelona wins a lot – 14 trophies in 20 competitions over the past five years (although that would be nice) – it is also how the team’s history, identity and style of play are as much a part of the city as the club.

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