These are the kinds of personnel moves that confound Browns fans.

The team on Thursday released quarterback-turned-wide receiver Terrelle Pryor and filled the spot by signing running back Robert Turbin, who had reached an injury settlement with the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday.

Yes, the Browns need help at running back, so, at first blush, the move seemed to make a little more sense until it was discovered that Turbin has a high ankle sprain and will be unavailable to play for two to four weeks.

This doesn’t benefit the Browns right now. They have a favorable start to their schedule, facing three teams right out of the gate that they should be able to beat. By the time Turbin arrives on the field, the landscape will have changed. If the team starts 0-3, or even 1-2, the season could be, for all intents and purposes, lost, and Turbin’s presence will be a moot point.

Really.

Too many times over the years in the expansion era, the Browns have made moves not to help themselves in the here and now, but down the line somewhere. They’ve done it any number of times in the NFL Draft by trading for picks in future years. What about this year? More specifically, what about right now?

With seven consecutive losing seasons, the future is not in 2016, or even at the beginning of October. The future is in the present moment.

Pryor was a player with a unique skill set, something that this team, so lacking in skill position talent, really needs. To get rid of him and, again looking at it at this point in time, getting absolutely nothing in return, does not make any sense.

And if the Browns, already painfully thin at running back, suffer more injuries there before Turbin is ready to pitch in, then the move is going to make even less sense.

As such, it does not appear the Browns know what they’re doing, at least in this particular situation. Moreover, it also does not appear head coach Mike Pettine, whose job could be in serious jeopardy if this team struggles, has any sense of urgency. He should. He definitely should if he likes being the coach of the Browns.

These are not the thoughts Browns fans should have with the regular-season opener against the Jets at New York now a little less than two days away. It’s time to fill in any last holes that still exist, not create new ones.     

By Steve King