If the Browns had only been able to trade for Tom Brady before the season started, then maybe everything would've been different in 2016.

Our very own Boomer Esiason says that the Patriots quarterback has been so good this year that the Browns would be undefeated if Brady was in Cleveland.

That's right, the Browns would be on top of the AFC North with home-field advantage in their sights if they had Brady.

The topic of Brady in Cleveland came up on a recent edition of Showtime's "Inside the NFL" (Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT). During the show, Esiason, Michael Irvin and Brandon Marshall were all asked what the Browns' record through 11 games would be this year if Brady was on the team.

Marshall said they would be 6-5. Irvin said, "9-2 or 8-3," but even that wasn't as optimistic as Esiason's answer.

The 1988 NFL MVP said the Browns would be undefeated.

"I don't think he'd put up with what we're watching, and what we're watching is quarterbacks getting slaughtered," Esiason told host James Brown. "Their quarterbacks don't have the voice or the credibility to hold their coaches accountable."

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Esiason is right, the quarterbacks in Cleveland are getting slaughtered: Cody Kesseler, Josh McCown and Robert Griffin III have all missed games this year because of injuries.

Although Esiason didn't get elaborate on his comments very much during "Inside the NFL," he was able to further explain himself during a recent interview on CBS Sports Radio's 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.

"I said [the Browns] were going to be undefeated," Esaison said. "Now, I said that for a reason, I tried to emphasize what I believe is the greatest quarterback of all-time and how he impacts the entire team, and I can tell you one thing, first and foremost, that he's not going to take any crap from the coaching staff."

Brady became the winningest quarterback in NFL history on Sunday when he picked up win No. 201 in the Patriots' 26-10 victory over the Rams. Obviously, we're all well aware that Brady is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game, if not the best, so it's pretty easy to imagine that he'd basically be running the offensive show in Cleveland.

"Brady is one of those guys that when he shows up at the facility on a Tuesday or a Wednesday to get the game plan, he's locked and loaded and he's ready to go," Esiason said. "There's no screwing around. There's no fooling around, and you better be ready to go when you step out on the practice field, so that's why I said what I said about Brady being in Cleveland."

Unfortunately for the Browns, they don't have Brady and now they're 0-12. Even worse, Cleveland is just four games away from pulling off the worst season in NFL history. The Browns went 0-4 in the preseason, which would make their 0-16 arguably more embarrassing than Detroit's in 2008 (The Lions went 4-0 that preseason).

Anyway, the good news here is that Browns' fans seem hellbent on celebrating their team's horrible season with a parade on Jan. 7. It probably won't be as exciting as the Cavaliers' parade, but hey, it's still a parade.