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Cleveland Browns fans misspell Dawg Pound (Photo)

By David Rouben

Sep 11, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles fans prior to game against the Cleveland Browns at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 11, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles fans prior to game against the Cleveland Browns at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Cleveland Browns can barely be called an NFL team, and it appears that their ineptitude has spilled over into the home crowd.

The Cleveland Browns have to be the unluckiest team in the NFL this season. They are the only winless team in the league, yet most of their losses have been close games. They could easily be a 3-4 team, but are instead 0-7 by virtue of being the Browns.

You have to admire their fans for sticking by their team all these years. If any fanbase deserves to root for a successful team, it’s theirs. But at the same time, the decision to root for the Browns is hardly an intelligent one. During their game against the New York Jets, Browns fans revealed their collective IQ level when the Dawg Pound unveiled their banner. Only it didn’t spell “Dawg Pound”:

You can’t even say that’s accidental, since the “This is the” part is above GPO rather than DAW like it should be. If these fans wanted to get people to talk about their team, they succeeded, but not in a good way.

With the way the Browns have hung in there, they don’t deserve to be winless. You could call them the best 0-7 team in NFL history, while a team like the San Francisco 49ers would be more deserving of the worst team label this season.

But when you see stuff like this, you have to question whether the Browns losing can really be chalked up to actual football. The Browns are the most cursed team in pro sports, and it’s clear that rooting for them does more damage to the brain than alcohol. It’s no wonder they ended up losing to Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets.

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Despite the Browns’ factory of sadness, this is truly the best time to be a Cleveland sports fan. The Cavaliers just won their first NBA title, and the Cleveland Indians are a win away from their first World Series since 1948. Everything’s looking up for them, and it’s only a matter of time before the Browns eventually win a game. And when they do, expect a banner to get raised to the rafters.

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