Opening weak: Browns have history of failure to start season
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Browns aren't just battling Baker Mayfield, their former teammate and Carolina's new quarterback in Sunday's season opener. Cleveland's also up against history. One-sided history. Amid a multitude of missteps, blown draft picks, coaching changes and enough drama and controversy to fill a rack of supermarket tabloids, there's one statistic that perhaps underscores the Browns' misery since their expansion reboot in 1999 better than any other. They're 1-21-1 in openers.
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