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Moostache

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1. Did the current Browns subtract the former Browns games and just pretend its 75th anniversary?
Thu May 13, 2021, 11:39 AM
May 2021

This iteration of the Cleveland Browns re-started in 1999.

Cleveland Browns Part One - 1946 through 1995
Cleveland Browns Part Two - 1999 through present (2021)

Their actual 75th anniversary season won't be until 2024 since they technically did not exist in 1996, 1997 or 1998.

Then again, the way the NFL has mucked up the seasons (17 games now instead of 16 or 14) and thus made the record books meaningless (unless all records are now considered on a per game basis for yards, TDs, sacks, INTs, etc.) I guess it does not really matter...but if Cleveland really wants to celebrate an anniversary that badly, they can also lay claim to the Cleveland/Los Angeles/Anaheim/St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams 85th anniversary next season too!

Go Bears! (LOL)

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