Through the first 5 weeks of the season, the Cleveland Browns had all 5 possible outcomes of a game: Win in regulation, Loss in regulation, Win in OT, Loss in OT, Tie.

Schedule better opponents?

Those appear to be Luxardo cherries which are perfectly fine for a cocktail. The waxy artificially bright red maraschino cherries are not.

There’s an anti-reflective coating on the lens. That is probably what is scratching, not the lens itself

Just man up and learn a real game... play bridge.