Five Steps the Cleveland Browns Can Take for a Positive 2009

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Published: May 16, 2009

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... was tough to swallow.

The bitter completion to a season of disappointment came when the Pittsburgh Steelers slammed the door on the Browns' campaign by clubbing them 31-0 at home.

With 2008, it's coaches, the 4-12 record and several players all in the review mirror, it's time to look forward with the notion the Browns have bottomed out and there's nowhere to go but up.

The Browns are officially in transition mode as new head coach Eric Mangini and a bevy of new personnel add to a solid core of young, but unproven talent, while cutting the previous season's losses. The upcoming campaign will undoubtedly have its trials and tribulations as transition seasons always do.

It's hard to imagine the Browns as this year's surprise success story like last season's Miami Dolphins or Atlanta Falcons, though the New York Jets went from 4-12 in 2005 to 10-6 and a playoff berth in their first season under Mangini.

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