h1. Cleveland Browns - An Unstable Sports Franchise - Oct 2015 Update

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Compare Cleveland to two of the Browns’ divisional opponents: the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

h2. Baltimore Ravens

The Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens in 1996. 2015 is the Ravens' 20th season. During this time, the Ravens have had:

* 3 head coaches (counting current coach)
* 2 Super Bowl appearances
* 2 Super Bowl wins


h2. Pittsburgh Steelers

Since 1970, 46 seasons counting this year, the Steelers have had:

* 3 head coaches (counting current coach)
* 8 Super Bowl appearances
* 6 Super Bowl wins


h2. Pitt and Balt Combined:

Since 1970 for the Steelers and Ravens combined, including the 2015 season:

* 66 total seasons
* 6 head coaches
* 4 former header coaches
* 10 Super Bowl appearances
* 8 Super Bowl wins
* Average head coach lifespan: 11.0 years.


h2. Cincinnati Bengals

The Bengals are following the Ravens and Steelers blueprint by building stability at QB and head coach.

The Bengals head coach is Marvin Lewis. 2015 is his 12th season coaching the Bengals. He has coached the Bengals to the playoffs at least 5 of the previous 11 seasons.

Bengals QB is Andy Dalton. 2015 is Dalton's 5th season as the starting QB for Cincy. He helped lead the Bengals to the playoff in each of his first four years in 




h2. Cleveland v2.0

In the late 1990s, the NFL granted Cleveland a new Browns team which began play in 1999.

2015 is the 17th season for the new Browns.

Current head coach Mike Pettine is the 8th Browns head coach, since 1999.

Average head coach lifespan since 1999: 2.1 years.