They all count one in the standings.

If you win, then they mark one up in the W column. And if you lose, then it’s marked up as one in the L column.

It’s pretty simple. We’re not splitting the atom here.

The Browns have no marks in the W column yet this year, and it’s getting late. But they have 10 in the L column. That’s not good – not good at all.

So a W – a win – would mean so much to them in today’s game at FirstEnergy Stadium.

But with the opponent being the Pittsburgh Steelers, a W today would count more than just one. It would count for at least two or three, and probably even more, in what it would provide the Browns in terms of infusing some much-needed confidence.

The Steelers are their arch rivals in a series that goes back 66 years. They have been the team to beat in the division for some time now.

Yes, like 0-10 Browns, their season has been disappointing as well. Whereas the Browns were, in their heart of hearts, hoping for three or wins, the Steelers had their sights set on getting to the Super Bowl and winning it. They were the pick of quite a few of the so-called experts to do so. So being 4-5 is not what they wanted, or expected.

“You are what your record says you are,” head coach Mike Tomlin said last Wednesday in his conference call with the Cleveland media. So in that respect, then, the Steelers aren’t even average. They’re below-average.

But the Browns can’t worry about the Steelers. They’ve got to worry about the Browns. They know the Steelers, at least in perception (and perception is 90 percent of reality), are always a contender to be on top. As such, if they can beat the Steelers, then they have taken quantum leaps forward in their full-scale rebuilding process.

It certainly wouldn’t be just one notch – again, in terms of perception – in the good column.