The Cleveland Browns - 2020 season Quiz | Sports

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1. The Browns, for the first time since 2007, finally ended the season with a winning record. What exactly was their Win-Loss record?

Answer: 11-5

A record of 11-5 would, in a typical year, be more than enough to easily make the playoffs in the AFC. This fact is bolstered considering the NFL added an additional playoff spot altogether. However, the AFC was so incredibly competitive and generally top-heavy that it took the Browns all the way until Week 17 to finally punch their ticket into the postseason.

2. The Browns have had a well documented, tumultuous history with head coaches. However, this man, a rookie in the craft, seemed to cement himself as a potential long term answer for the job. Who was the Browns' Head Coach in 2020, who went on to win Coach of the Year honors?

Answer: Kevin Stefanski

Stefanski's first year with the Browns was absolutely massive. The team made the playoffs for the first time in eighteen years and improved by five overall games from the season prior (from 6-10 to 11-5). In a year mired by COVID-19, the Browns were hit particularly hard by it and lost keys players at the worst possible time - the last few weeks of the season and the first round of the playoffs.

In spite of that, Stefanski helped the team weather the storm and maintain a hold on a playoff spot in an immensely competitive conference.

3. Where other postseason teams, such as the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers and rival Pittsburgh Steelers, have been riddled by cap space issues, the Browns ended the 2020 season as both successful and under no such money restraints. How much cap space did Cleveland enter the offseason with?

Answer: Roughly $19 million

The NFL cap limit was set to roughly $205 million. The Browns had amassed commitments of roughly $186 million on the roster. Moreover, the Browns had just inked runningback Kareem Hunt to an extension the year prior. Dynamic, essential players such as quarterback Baker Mayfield and Nick Chubb were still operating under the team-friendly rookie deals, leaving the Browns with flexibility headed into the offseason.

However, $19 million is by no means at all justification to cut a blank check to a bounty of free agents - the bill for Mayfield, Chubb and other impact young players would come eventually, and because they're absolutely indispensable to the team's success, General Manager Andrew Berry and company had to tread carefully. Still, it was better than being in a position were actively cutting players from the roster to make these things work like the aforementioned teams.

4. As his commercials on Progressive would suggest, Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns gave it their all to defend their house. What was Cleveland's Win-Loss record in home games in the 2020 season?

Answer: 6-2

The team dropped a heartstopping Monday Night affair at home against the Baltimore Ravens. They were also uncharacteristically outplayed by the Las Vegas Raiders at home as well. Apart from that, the team proved resilient in hometown affairs, including a do-or-die home tilt against the Pittsburgh Steelers that sealed the team's trip to the postseason in Week 17.

5. Historically, the Browns have only ever received a single primetime game per year because the NFL requires every team to get at least one such game; they have received only the bare minimum because, to put it bluntly, the team had played wholly uninspiring football for the vast majority of the previous two decades. In 2020, however, things were different. How many primetime games did the Browns participate in, not counting the playoffs, in 2020?

Answer: 3

The Browns had an early season shootout on Thursday Night Football in Week 2 against the Cincinnati Bengals, winning by a score of 35-30. Later in the season, the Browns unfortunately dropped a heartstopping, exciting shootout with the visiting Baltimore Ravens by a score of 47-42. Just a week later, the NFL had flexed the team into a road Sunday Night game in East Rutherford, against the New York Giants. Here, the team won a stress-free 20-6 affair.

The Browns' explosive offense and their well-received status from general football fans as an underdog led to them receiving a primetime game on Sunday Night in Pittsburgh for the Wild Card round. With the football world watching, Cleveland proceeded to blow Pittsburgh out by a score of 48-37.

6. The Browns' schedule was a roller coaster ride of sorts - bouts against the lowly Bengals, NFC East division and the NFL worst Jacksonville Jaguars were relatively easy wins, but it wasn't a cakewalk entirely. The Browns ultimately played six games against teams in the regular season who went on to advance to the postseason. What was their W/L record in these six games?

Answer: 3-3

The Browns defeated the Indianapolis Colts, blew out the Tennessee Titans, and had a playoff-clinching victory in Week 17 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, whom they met in the playoffs just a week later. Meanwhile, those very same Steelers blew out Cleveland earlier that season.

The team also dropped both affairs against the Baltimore Ravens, getting blown out in the opening week of the season, then dropping a heartstopper late in the season against them on Monday Night Football.

7. Baker Mayfield, the team's potential quarterback of the long term future, took a big step towards earning that big pay-day and sticking around in Cleveland for a long time. How many touchdown passes did he throw in 2020, not counting the postseason?

Answer: 26

One short of his Rookie of the Year campaign a couple years prior, Mayfield also limited the mistakes that plagued him the season prior, throwing just eight interceptions. His durability, at this point not really in question, was also not an issue as he played every single offensive snap all year long for the team.

8. Quarterback Baker Mayfield made sure to spread the wealth quite a lot. However, he definitely had one favorite target who consequently led the team in receiving yards. Which of the following led the Browns in receiving yards in 2020?

Answer: Jarvis Landry

With 840 receiving yards, Landry was by far the team's leading receiver. In second place would be Rashard Higgins, chipping in a career high 599 yards. Beckham Jr may have been a contender, but his season ended quite early as he suffered a torn ACL and missed most of the season.

9. Nick Chubb ended up leading the team in rushing. This was despite the fact he missed four games. His incredible yards per carry statistic ended up being responsible for this, as he proved to have an incredible second gear and could also shake a tackle if needed. How many yards per carry did Chubb have in 2020?

Answer: 5.6

Despite missing four games, Chubb managed to still crack the thousand yard barrier, tallying 1067 yards on 190 total carries. He also hit paydirt with regularity, contributing 12 touchdowns along the way.

10. When their season finally ended in the AFC Divisional round against the Kansas City Chiefs, Baker Mayfield made a promise to the team's fanbase and suggested that it "should be our mantra". What did Mayfield promise to the fanbase?

Answer: We'll be back

"We'll be back" was fervently echoed by his teammates, who played a hard fought game in a loss on the road against the defending Super Bowl champions. The Browns and Mayfield made it very clear through their play and through their talk that simply making the playoffs, despite how impressive this was, was not the team's goal.

Source: Author cavalier87

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