Cleveland Browns: Tough overtime loss landed four in the dawg house
Hue Jackson
Jackson, you are now in the hall-of-fame in the dawg house.
When a player or coach is mentioned three times or more in these articles, they become a HOF member. It’s not something to be proud of or celebrate, and as I’m writing this, Jackson just subbed Kizer out for Charlie Whitehurst.
Where do I start?
First he declined a call that should have been accepted. He then let about 30 seconds tick off of the game clock in the fourth quarter instead of calling a timeout. Thank goodness the official put 51 seconds back on after the Isaiah Crowell catch was ruled incomplete.
Instead of going for the game-tying field goal in the third quarter, he went for it and failed. It’s the same mistake he made two weeks prior against the New York Jets.
How is it possible to make the same exact mistake two weeks in a row? If Zane Gonzalez makes the field goal, the game-tying one wins the Browns the game.
Jackson then called a timeout in an attempt to ice Succop from making the game-winning field goal in overtime when the two minute warning was right there! Of course though Succop missed it.
He then committed to Kizer, talked about riding with him the whole way, and then took him out for Kessler. This was all in one game!
I’ve been one of Jackson’s biggest supporters. He was the coach I wanted the Browns to hire after Mike Pettine was fired. But these last few weeks, I have changed my mind.
He is now 1-22 as the coach of the Browns. His management of the offense, team, and clock has been abysmal. I’m tired of changing regimes constantly but this is ridiculous.
It’s getting worse before it gets better, and somebody has to be held accountable. I was in favor of the front office going, and still support that decision, but the coach has to go too.
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When is it enough? When will this team find a medium to build off of? It’s been 18 years in counting, and i still don’t think we’ll find the answer. Honorable Mention: Spencer Drango