How does a 10-6 Browns season sound to you?

Exciting?

How does hoping for a 10-6 year and getting 6-10 sound?

In this episode of Takes By The Lake, we take on the idea of irrational exuberance around the Browns by welcoming three NFL analysts: Samantha Bunten of NBCSports.com, Charles McDonald of SB Nation and Michael Salfino, who writes for the Wall Street Journal and fivethirtyeight.com.

But first, host Doug Lesmerises of cleveland.com is joined by a fan who makes a reasonable case for 10-6. That's DawgPound Dave, who wouldn't give us his full name, but who did provide enough NFL history and roster analysis of this Browns team to make 10-6 sound almost possible.

Why burst the balloon on the Browns in June? We're less than a month from the start of training camp, and the last thing Browns fans need to do off an excruciating 0-16 season is to set themselves up to be disappointed with a six-win improvement.

On this podcast, we looked closely at Gregg Williams leading a young, talented defense, and examined why Tyrod Taylor maybe isn't the quarterback answer the way some people are talking him up to be.

It's a big meaty Browns investigation, all with the idea of giving you a realistic look at where Cleveland's football team stands.

Let's hold the playoff talk for a year.

But 2019? That should be a different story.

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