Despite Injuries to Manziel and Hoyer, There Are Still Bright Spots for Browns

December 24, 2014   ·   Will Burge   ·   Jump to comments

Stop me if you've heard this one before: The Cleveland Browns will probably be starting a quarterback you have never heard of in a game that means nothing to end the season. As familiar as that narrative is in Cleveland, it doesn't change the fact that there are a ton of positives to take away from this season.

The stark contrast will make it sting that much worse. The Baltimore Ravens will be playing for their playoff lives and a season sweep of the Browns on Sunday. The Browns, on the other hand, will be running a bunch of practice squad guys onto the field just to play out the string. Looking at it as a comparison between the two teams and franchises makes it hurt.

But when you dig deeper, you see this is not a microcosm of the entire season but rather an unfortunate byproduct of bad luck, injuries and being a team growing and finding its way in the NFL. Sure, most would have liked to see rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel get on the field again so we could try to det...

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