This is becoming an annual thing.

The Cleveland Browns lose game after game, and a perfectly awful 0-16 parade looms.

So here we go again: The Browns find themselves 0-11 with five games left in another painful season for fans.

And once again, Browns fan Chris McNeil, who lives in Granville, Ohio, near Columbus, is busy preparing for the chance to throw a parade around FirstEnergy Stadium should the Browns lose out. Billed as Perfect Season Parade 2.0, the event would kick off at noon Saturday, Jan. 6.

But there is still that pesky matter of the Browns not winning a single game. Last year’s parade was scuttled on Christmas Eve when the Browns beat the San Diego Chargers for their only win of the season.

With the Chargers — now the Los Angeles Chargers — once again looming on the schedule this Sunday, McNeil said that is a game that worries him, as well as the Chicago Bears on Dec. 24 and the chance for “Christmas Eve magic again.”

Then there is the matter of the Green Bay Packers’ ailing starting quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. They play at Cleveland on Dec. 10.

McNeil said he met with Cleveland officials Wednesday to discuss the details of the parade. He has set up a website at brownsparade.com.

Any money raised from the parade and T-shirts promoting it would help pay for the required security and other related expenses.

— Akron (Ohio) 
Beacon Journal