As their turnaround season ended inside a dome hundreds of miles away, the Cleveland Browns could only watch -- and wonder. Despite 10 wins, the Browns, who won just four games last season, were left out of the AFC playoffs after the Tennessee Titans won 16-10 in Indianapolis on Sunday night to clinch the final wild-card spot and set up a first-round game in San Diego. The Browns were left California dreaming.

According to a source, the Cleveland Browns intend to bring running back Jamal Lewis back next season, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Friday. Lewis has 1,176 rushing yards and nine touchdowns entering the Browns' final game of the season, against the San Francisco 49ers. He is playing on a one-year contract, which will pay him $5 million including incentives and will become an unrestricted free agent in March. "[Browns' General Manager] Phil Savage and this organization, they'll talk to my agent, and if there's anything, they'll talk to me," Lewis said, according to the newspaper. "So that's it."

The Browns on Wednesday signed veteran defensive end Bobby Hamilton, a member of the Patriots' Super Bowl-winning teams in 2001 and 2003. A 12-year veteran, the 6-5, 285-pound Hamilton has played in 164 games, including 102 starts, with the Patriots, Raiders and Jets. Hamilton began this season with the Jets but was released at the end of training camp.

Finally thawed out from a snow-caked victory that sledded them to the doorstep of the playoffs, the Cleveland Browns are on the doorstep of making the postseason. A victory Sunday would give the Browns their first playoff berth since the 2002 season when they lost to Pittsburgh 36-33 in a first-round game. That also was the last time the Browns swept the intrastate series. With Bengals' fans more inclined to sell their tickets and go shopping instead, there likely will be a large contingent of Browns' fans in the stands eager to celebrate a long-awaited moment.