{"product_id":"why-cant-this-team-just-find-a-quarterback-and-other-thoughts-on-life-in-browns-town-paperback","title":"Why Can't This Team Just Find a Quarterback?: And Other Thoughts on Life in Browns Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Pluto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing a Cleveland Browns fan means always having more questions than answers\u003c\/strong\u003e. For 25 years -- since the return of the franchise in 1999 -- Browns fans have been more consistently frustrated, befuddled, and disappointed by their team than any other fans in pro sports.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do things so often go so wrong for the Browns?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports columnist Terry Pluto (cleveland.com \/ The Plain Dealer) provides answers in this sequel to his previous books \u003cem\u003eFalse Start: How the New Browns Were Set Up to Fail\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrowns Blues\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith insight and insider details gained from decades covering the team, Pluto focuses here on 2014 to 2024 but also looks back with fresh insight on earlier years of the new franchise: \u003cstrong\u003eThe drafts, the deals, the coaching and front-office changes\u003c\/strong\u003e ... the onfield disappointments ... rare bright spots and moments of optimism. Above all there was \u003cstrong\u003ethe ongoing, fruitless, endless search for the right starting quarterback\u003c\/strong\u003e -- from Tim Couch to Johnny Manziel to Baker Mayfield (and so many others!) ... \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd then Deshaun Watson came to town -- in \u003cstrong\u003eone of the most disruptive and disastrous deals in the team's history\u003c\/strong\u003e ... \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book explains what happened. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Browns fans deserved better,\" Pluto says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979070374189,"sku":"9781598511512","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z5ed_gFJ_G9781598511512.webp?v=1775818797","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/why-cant-this-team-just-find-a-quarterback-and-other-thoughts-on-life-in-browns-town-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}