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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) January 4, 2022

Perhaps the most unbelievable — in a bad way — thing in this most unbelievable — in a bad way — Browns season is that as it gets toward the end, it is the offense and not the defense that will need the most work in the offseason.

Wow!

The defense, the unit that started the year as no more than an after-though — and a regrettable one at that — is ahead of the offense. It is the defense, the group that, it was hoped, would simply not be so terrible that it canceled out the robust offense and kept the Browns from winning, that is not too bad. It still needs some work, to be sure, but it is really pretty decent, even when it’s all banged up, as it has been this season.

It’s the offense that needs the attention. It is the offense that, to put it bluntly, is all messed up, from the play-calling to the execution and everything in between.

The play-calling is especially atrocious. Once again, head coach Kevin Stefanski, who calls the plays, had a bad game — no, a terrible one — in the 26-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football at Heinz Field, eschewing the run, what the offense excels at most with the likes of Nick Chubb, in favor of the pass with a quarterback, Baker Mayfield, who is plagued by a bum left shoulder, is indecisive and has lost his confidence.

I don’t understand that at all. I just don’t.

The Pittsburgh offense was terrible, too. But its offense is bad most weeks. It’s no surprise that it was again. Rather, the game was won by the fact that the Pittsburgh defense took advantage of the Browns offense much more so than the Browns defense took advantage of the Pittsburgh offense.

At any rate, it’s highly disappointing, and frustrating.

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