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Hue Jackson might not be a very good football coach -- evidenced by his 1-31 record as the ' head coach -- but he's a man Yovani Gallardo Jersey of his word. On Friday, Jackson fulfilled his promise by plunging into Lake Erie after the Browns' 0-16 season.Call it a cleanse -- a cleanse from 31 lo ses, a minus-364 point differential, and endle s heartbreak in a two-year span. According to Jeff Schudel of and , .Here it is, the moment: The cleansing is over. . And NFL Films covered it from the water. Scott Petrak ct (@ScottPetrak) Domingo Santana Jersey So, how did Jackson find himself in this situation? It began in January 2017 -- after the Browns wrapped up a 1-15 season -- when Jackson declared ."We can't do that. I can't do that. We're not going to do that. We can stop right there. I'm not doing that," Jackson said at the time. "We're not going 1-15. No. I'll be swimming in the lake over there or somewhere. That Corey Knebel Jersey 's not happening."In a way Jackson was right. The Browns did not go 1-15 again. They went 0-16 instead, getting outscored by 176 points in the proce s, Somehow, , Jackson survived the season and remains the coach of the Browns. In mid-May, after the Browns wrapped up an impre sive offseason that included the drafting of a new franchise quarterback in Baker Mayfield, Jackson revealed that and donating $100 to the Hue Jackson Foundation for every employee who follows him into the lake.Sure enough, Jackson didn't make the plunge alone. And here it is ladies and gentlemen, the Hue Jackson 0 Zach Davies Jersey -16 cleanse Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) And by the look of it, they raised $30,000 to support survivors of human trafficking. Hue Jackson and the Lake Erie Leapers Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) Really, that's the happiest ending a 1-31 stretch of football could've produced. Now, the Browns have to hope years of misery and the collecting of draft picks will finally result in a winning product. If it doesn't, Jackson will likely find himself out of a job with his Lake Erie plunge being the only memorable positive moment from his tenure. If it does, Jackson's Lake Erie Ryan Braun Jersey cleanse will provide Cleveland with the perfect symbolic moment from