Cleveland Browns: Hue Jackson wants more say in decisions

In Cleveland Browns rumors, Hue Jackson’s would appear to be safe with the news coming out that the head coach is trying to get more say in personnel decisions.

It’s been rough one-and-a-half seasons for Hue Jackson. His team is 1-24 in that time and his job security is debated daily.

But it’s been speculated that Jackson has the backing of owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, based off their decision to intervene and order the front office to acquire Bengals backup quarterback A.J. McCarron.

Now, with NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport writing a story based off a recent team meeting led by the Haslams, it would appear Jackson is safe.

Based off Rapoports reporting, a blow up doesn’t seem as likely, because the owners are talking about trusting “the process.” Philadelphia 76ers fans can relate and know how long that process has taken.

If you’ll remember back to the time Paul DePodesta was hired, a story came out in which the Moneyball man pitched the idea of big-time failure before success.

The point is, there doesn’t seem to be a sense of urgency because the Browns will likely trust the process and not blow things up because they’re only a year-and-half into this experiment.

If that’s the case, it would seem to indicate Jacson will be back, along with the front office.

The other is his desire to have more of a voice in personnel matters, according to Rapoport.

"“But Jackson is believed to want to have his voice heard alongside executives such as Brown, Andrew Berry, Paul DePodesta and others. As they look toward 2018 and try to build and improve, no one wants to repeat the mistakes of the past that allowed possibly great QBs to stroll by them. The personnel staff does have them positioned to make an impact in 2018, with five picks in the first two rounds of the draft and ample cap space.”"

It’s a little concerning that Jackson isn’t involved more with personnel decisions already. The Browns love touting the collaborative effort thing, and having a football lifer weighing in on decisions should be a given.

Yes, Andrew Berry is the “football guy” in the front office triumvirate, but even then, he’s learning on the job. He was 28 when hired, and he had just four years as the Colts’ pro scouting director under his belt when he was elevated to be Cleveland’s top personnel man.

I like the idea of Jackson having more say on the roster, especially because the Browns have to take a quarterback with their No. 1 pick.

And whether you trust Hue’s evaluation process or not, he’s the only individual employed by the Browns worthy of making any kind call on a quarterback.

Detractors will point toward Robert Griffin III as a failed experiment, and they’re right. Griffin continued to prove that he’s injury prone and he’s now out of the league.

But his addition shouldn’t have stopped the Browns from using the No. 2 pick on Carson Wentz, and that’s on the front office.

Jackson was hired based off what he did in Cincinnati. He became the top coaching candidate following the 2015 season based off what he accomplished with the Bengals and Andy Dalton. But during his time in Cleveland, he’s had nowhere near the weapons he possessed in Hamilton County.

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