4 Cleveland Browns who should have played their last snap

S Grant Delpit

Yeah, Grant Delpit is an issue. Firstly, let’s talk about his ability, or lack thereof, to cover guys properly. I firmly believe that the lack of a second safety, namely Delpit or Ronnie Harrison is why the Browns run the coverage that they do. They simply don’t have faith in the safetys to fulfill their obligations. Now, blown coverages happen to everyone, it’s true. Yet, the Ravens picked on Delpit all game long. Lamar Jackson is arguably the worst passer in the NFL when he’s not running, and even he was throwing dimes to whoever Delpit was near.

The league doesn’t respect Delpit.

Secondly, the man can’t tackle. He’s so hard to be Brian Dawkins with these big hits, that all he ends up doing is pushing the receiver away, allowing him to regain his composure and keep running, thereby taking any of his own Cleveland teammates out of the play. Wrap, run, fall. It’s not hard to learn to tackle.

Lastly, his teammates apparently can’t stand him. We already know that Denzel Ward and Delpit exchanged verbal barbs with one another and considering Delpit and Ward often play next to each other, you have to believe that Delpit’s poor play is affecting Ward’s ability to do his job as well.