For the second year in a row, the huddled-in-darkness Browns will control the first round of the NFL draft.
The Browns become the first team to pick No. 1 overall in back-to-back drafts since Cleveland did the same in 1999 and 2000.
The loss dropped Hue Jackson to 1-30 since taking over in 2016, making it the worst start over the first 31 games of a head-coaching tenure since the 1970 merger.
Their season can't end soon enough, but what the Browns choose to do with the No. 1 overall pick makes this the most important draft for the franchise since their return to the league in 1999.
Anything less than finding a plug-and-play franchise quarterback is simply unacceptable for a team that has floated through a rash of lost seasons since Bernie Kosar roamed under center almost 25 years ago.
