Cleveland Browns: Hue Jackson Should Have More Say Over Roster

The Cleveland Browns’ regime needs their responsibilities altered as they build the roster they are looking to have.

Time and time again the Cleveland Browns rebuild their roster, if you can say that. The Browns’ current regime is led by Sashi Brown even though he has no experience evaluating talent. Paul Depodestra has a long history of analytics (in baseball). Due to his experience, he paired with Brown.

Luckily, they hired someone who does have experience doing that, as well as having head coaching experience in Hue Jackson. Even though it was just one offseason and three games so far, it is clear that the final say must rest on Jackson’s shoulders.

I get the quantity over quality approach building Cleveland’s roster. Still, can you say that the Browns are on the right track? Yes and no.

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Brown gets to decide on the crucial aspects of the roster, including the 53 man aspect. Everyone is working together to get Cleveland back to a winning team.

They are not going to get everything right off the bat, but Jackson’s knowledge of evaluating players are on a completely different level than Brown and company. Through Jackson’s various jobs over the years, he has gained such skills.

Brown knows contracts and numbers. How he was given the role as final decision-maker is still a bit head scratching. On the other hand, both he and Depodesta did not just get into their positions on accident. Why can’t both of them do what they are best at and let Jackson have THE say when it comes to the roster?

Jackson’s role could easily add more power and control over the roster. In fact, if it was similar to that of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid or Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, Jackson would succeed.

Still think responsibilities should not change? Well, lets breakdown a few important parts of the roster. The newest kicker for Cleveland is Cody Parkey. He had success with the Philadelphia Eagles, but not so much yet with the Browns.

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Had Patrick Murray not gotten injured, Parkey would not be with Cleveland. Brown decided to play the numbers game with the Parkey signing, rather than signing a legit kicker like Robbie Gould.

Gould was the preference by many within the Browns organization, but Brown did not want to pay the veteran minimum. The end result: Cleveland lost to the Miami Dolphins last week and the kicking game will continue this season, regardless if it is Murray or Parkey.

The Browns could not re-sign everyone this offseason, but look who is playing along the offensive line. Only the left side is good. Cleveland was able to re-sign right tackle Mitchell Schwartz, but that did not happen. Instead of having the majority of an offensive line in place, even more questions and poor play ends up as a result of Brown’s decisions.

Quarterback Robert Griffin III was a shot in the dark signing for the best scenario. Brown, Jackson, and others in the regime were comfortable signing him. That signing was a failure for the group as a whole.

The tough thing that comes from the quarterback decision-making is that they could have had a first round signal caller, perhaps Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz. I know multiple reports said that they only preferred Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff. Also, said reports discussed how they did not view Wentz as a top quarterback.

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Well, that was not all the case as there were fired scouts who wants Wentz in Cleveland, but with Brown as the final decision-maker, he did not want to risk a pick on him. Safe to say, regardless of the situation, do not underestimate players from a smaller school.

Then who’s Cleveland’s quarterbacks going to throw the ball to and rely on in terms of wide receivers? The Browns’ depth chart is filled with rookie and other younger players at wide receiver. Jackson knew it was going to be a long road ahead gutting the roster. However, it is hard to see Jackson being okay with rolling out almost exclusively rookies to catch passes.

Those were just a few examples of questionable decisions regarding the roster. Sooner rather than later Cleveland must allow Jackson to have more say and specifically the final say. Otherwise, the current regime could elsewhere like the previous regimes much sooner than they expect.