The Browns allowing just 28 points last night was actually an improvement from where they have been recently defensively. In 6 of the 10 losses the team has given up 30 or more points, and the least amount of points the team has allowed in any game was by far the game the team had the best chance to win, 25 against the Ravens on a day when they led 20-0 before being outscored 25-0 the rest of the way.
Many fans have expressed that even if the Browns were losing, they wanted to see growth and development of young players throughout the season.
That’s been a topic that is tough to determine based on how the team week after week has been out of these games usually by halftime or early in the second half.
Jackson promised to the fans a team that would be prepared each week, one that would fight, and one that would have a chance to win.
He has yet to deliver.
So what’s the solution? That’s not an easy question to answer, but if Jackson wants to stay as the coach of this team longer than his predecessors, who owner Jimmy Haslam dispatched after the team failed to put a winning product on the field.
Why would this situation be any different?
This isn’t to say that even if the Browns go 0-16 that Haslam should fire Jackson after the final game in Pittsburgh, but with the apathy the fan base is showing, and the embarrassment of the team compared to the other two franchises in town, will Haslam have a choice.
One last time – here’s a quote from Jackson upon getting hired.
“My job is to make sure that we win football games. All I want to do is win. I’m not worried about who picks this player, who picks this player. I want to make sure I know what we’re going to put on our team, but at the same time, give me player so I can coach them. That’s what my expertise is. My thing is to get us to the game ready to play, motivated, fired up, enthusiastic and to have an opportunity to win. That’s what I’m interested in.”
If that’s truly the most important thing to Jackson, then Haslam really has no choice but to move on from the coach after this disaster of a 2016 campaign.
Recent Comments