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There’s probably no magic number of wins for Pat Shurmur’s Browns future

Found December 10, 2012 on Waiting For Next Year: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Pat Shurmur,  Eric Wedge,  Josh Gordon,  Greg Little,  Colt McCoy,  Brandon Weeden,  Tom Heckert
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns
To put yesterday’s 23 point victory in perspective, last year the Browns won all four games by a total of 16 points. 1 In addition to that, the Browns put out a stat today that Rick also mentioned earlier about how many rookie starts the Browns have this season. The Browns lead the league with 72 with the Colts trailing a distant second with 44. This young team is wholly different than the one that was here a year ago and now that they’ve finally started winning some games it’s much easier to see just how different they are than when they were piling up losses. That’s where most of the anti-Pat Shurmur sentiment emanated from this season. While I think most people agreed that the team was more talented and more equipped to compete, that made it all the more frustrating as the team collected five straight losses to start the year. If the fans see a more talented team on the field and it still can’t seem to get over the hump, who else are they going to blame but the coach? And now th...
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