The Browns offense, which hadn’t exactly been lights out during the first week of training camp, struggled in the annual Orange and Brown Scrimmage on Friday evening at FirstEnergy Stadium.

That’s what happens when you have a completely unsettled situation – head coach Hue Jackson calls it “a fluid situation” – at quarterback. And those guys – not surprisingly — scuffled again in the scrimmage.

This should not come as any kind of a surprise. The Browns offense – and quarterbacks – have not been good throughout almost all of the expansion era. This year’s group, in addition to all the question marks at quarterback, is short on wide receivers and has a lot of pieces parts from a number of different places. So whatever this offense will eventually be in 2017, it’s going to take a while for it to get there.

But before we throw the offense under the bus too much, we need to stop and consider something that it is a real positive for this team. And it is that the offense is having problems in no small part because of the defense.

This defense is not bad – not bad at all. In fact, it has a chance – a chance – to be good.

The bulk of the talent is in the front seven, which is exactly where you want it to be. Right End Myles Garrett has been, thus far at least, everything you would want the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft to be – and more. To watch him blow by left tackle Joe Thomas in practice the other day as if the future Pro Football Hall of Famer was stuck in quicksand, was a sight that Browns fans won’t soon forget.

Also, tackle Danny Shelton, now in his third season, is coming into his own.

Jamie Collins leads the linebackers.

The back part of the defense? It’s still a work in progress – very much so, in fact – but keep your eye on rookie safety Jabrill Peppers. This kid is a winner.

As such, then, while we’re waiting on the offense to get its act together, we can sit back and watch the defense, which is already starting to do so.