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They're already on # 3; or #4 if you count the Bengals. by cmhirish

1. Cleveland Rams - the original Cleveland franchise was an AFL team that left Cleveland because, well, hey, who wouldn't?

2. Art Model purchases Browns >> fires Paul Brown >> Brown co-founds Bengals (aka "Striped Browns") >> Brown's son Mike continues to run Bengals into the ground to this day

3. Cleveland fans run Art Model out of town (OK, satire -- but they did eventually agree to a tax hike to fund a new stadium, which is what Model wanted all along) >> Model moves franchise to Baltimore >> the Baltimore Purple Browns are born.
For reasons unclear to rational human beings, Cleveland fans insist on retaining "Browns" franchise name and team records

4. Cleveland Browns franchise is reborn; "Factory of Sadness" ensues

TLDR:
Cleveland has polluted the NFL with 4 franchises. Cleveland, please just stop.