Cleveland Browns: Even the Bears are making fun of Cleveland

The Cleveland Browns weren’t good in 2016.  They were so bad, in fact, that members of the 3-13 Chicago Bears feel justified in making fun of them.

The Cleveland Browns weren’t good in 2016, and that’s an understatement. They won just one game and barely even managed to do that. However, the Browns weren’t alone in the realm of bad football last season. The 2-14 San Francisco 49ers and the 3-13 Chicago Bears also put borderline unwatchable products on the field.

Don’t tell Bears linebackers Pernell McPhee and Sam Acho that Chicago is the same level of bad as Cleveland, though.

The two recently appeared on the NFL Network’s Top 100 to discuss Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell (No. 9 on the list) — and they used the opportunity to bash the Browns.

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Their exchange went a little something like this:

"McPhee: There’s only two players that can go to Cleveland Browns and still do good.Acho: Brady.McPhee: Tom Brady. He could go to the Cleveland Browns and still be good. And I think Bell.Acho: I don’t think Bell could do it."

In other words, McPhee believes the Browns are so bad that Bell and Brady are the only two NFL players who could still excel on their roster. Acho doesn’t even think Bell is that good. Ouch.

The irony here is that the Browns actually may wind up being better than the Bears in 2017, given the plethora of additions the team has made this offseason.

Of course, the attack on the Browns here could be personally motivated. McPhee began his career with the AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens. Acho’s younger brother, Emmanuel Acho, was drafted by the Browns back in 2012 and spent a year in Cleveland before being traded for running back Dion Lewis.

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The Browns and Bears will face off in Week 16.