They say it was just him being him,  thrilling on some plays but chilling on others, just as the Browns quarterback has done throughout his decade-long NFL career.

Jameis Winston threw for a team-record 497 yards and four touchdowns, along with yhrrr interceptiknd, two of which were returned for scores, in a wildly-exciting 41-32 shootout of a loss to the host Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football.

The Browns need a franchise quarterback almost as much as they need to take their next breath. You would think that a guy who just shredded one of the league’s better defenses to the tune of nearly a half-thousand yards under the bright lights of a national stage, might be a possible candidate, but you never know.

Regardless, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski needs to do something big to solidify his job status. And if he’s really the quarterback guru — the quarterback whisperer — who he was reputed to be when he was hired in 2020, then he ought to be able to fix Winston’s flaw — those costly picks — without taking away his strength — those scintillating deep throws.

We’ll see if that happens, or if the Browns, who, in the Stefanski-General Manager Andrew Berry era, have made it clear they think they know quarterbacks when it’s obvious they don’t, choose to go in a different direction and let Winston walk out the door in the offseason, just like they did last year with Joe Flacco.

That would be the Browns just being the Browns.

Steve King