I was wrong.

 

 

It isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last time, either.

 

 

For weeks and weeks leading into training camp – and even the spring work, for that matter – I said Cody Kessler was going to win the starting quarterback job for the Browns this season.

 

 

I didn’t think Brock Osweiler had any chance of earning the job, and I thought rookie DeShone Kizer had as much chance of being named the guy as Donald Trump does of being the guest speaker at a Democrat National Committee function.

 

 

So guess what? Kizer won the job.

 

 

 

That shocked me.

 

 

It also shocked Browns head coach Hue Jackson.

 

 

He admitted as much in a conference call with the Cleveland media on Sunday.

 

 

“Yeah, it does (surprise me) because you are talking about a player (Kessler) who started quite a few games here a year ago, and a guy who has played in the National Football League (Osweiler),” Jackson said. “That is why you just never know how things are going to turn out and just kind of have to let it play itself out.

 

 

“That is what I said from the beginning. Regardless of how it was going to end up, we were going to play it out and make the best choice for our football team as we move forward. This is what it has led us to.”

 

 

But why did this happen? How was everybody so wrong?

 

 

Because Kessler was so bad. He wilted when he went into the spring work as the starter and continued it right through the first part of training camp and into the preseason. He failed to take advantage of a great opportunity. The thought was that he was at least good enough to hold the job down until Kizer was ready. That thought was obviously wrong.

 

 

Then when Kessler struggled, the job was given to Osweler, and he, too, let it slip right through his hands. No one saw Osweiler being so inept that he couldn’t hold down the job until Kizer was ready.

 

 

That’s how we got to this point.