'Perfect Season 0-16' Parade Moves Forward With Cleveland

CLEVELAND, OH - The impossible dream is one step closer to reality. Chris McNeil's "perfect season 0-16" parade to commemorate the Cleveland Browns' most inept season ever has received positive feedback from the city's steering committee following a meeting on Wednesday.

Now it appears that the only thing that can stop the parade is the Browns winning a game. The team is currently 0-12 and has games against the Cincinnati Bengals (4-7), Buffalo Bills (6-6), San Diego Chargers (5-7), and Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5) remaining. All of the opponents appear, at least on paper, to be superior to the Brownies.

Should the Browns lose their remaining games, the parade would likely be held Jan. 7, 2017.

With four weeks remaining, the parade currently has 4,300 confirmed attendees on Facebook. Another 8,000 say they are interested in the parade. As the losses continue to pile up, attendance for the event has risen steadily. Expect interest to continue to grow as the "perfect season" looms closer.

The only team to go 0-16 over the course of a season was the Detroit Lions in 2008. However, that team went 4-0 in the preseason, and some Browns fans are arguing that by virtue of an 0-4 preseason, Cleveland could be home to the worst team single-season team in the history of the National Football League.

During a November interview with Patch, McNeil said he still roots for the team to win games, but he's not as heartbroken by losses.

"I was thinking to myself, I really want them to go 0-16," McNeil says. "But I'm a season ticket holder. I was at the Steelers game. Honestly, I would have loved to see them pull that game out. I guess I'm just hedging my bets now."

Photo from Rick Uldricks, Patch