Did you see it?

Well, did you?

It was so cool!

I recently brought up former Browns head coach Sam Rutigliano’s often-used phrase, “the vertical flow of the offense.” It means the offense, specifically the passing attack, operating in such a way in which all the various components act in concert with one another, looking like a orchestra whose members are hitting the all right notes at all the right time.

It looks beautiful, and impressive, and is so much fun to watch. You want to sit back and enjoy it, but you have to sit up and lean in instead because you can’t take your eyes off it.

That’s the way it was when quarterback Shadeur Sanders operated the Browns offense in the first half last Saturday against the Buffalo Bills.

And that’s also the way it was when Dillon Gabriel was running the show in the first half of Thursday night’s 37-13 rout of the New England Patriots at Huntington Bank Field in the preseason finale.

As for the appointed starter, Deshaun Watson, his last performance, which came in the second half against Buffalo, was just awful. It was hard to watch.

So, then, where does all this leave the Browns? I can’t speak for Todd Monken, but I can sure speak for myself — and possibly also a good number of you — in saying that if the decision were up to me, I would put Watson at the very bottom of the depth chart and let Sanders start, backed up by Gabriel. Rookie Taylen Green, whose size, speed, athleticism and strength are off the charts, would be the guy to run the wildcat along with other selected gadget plays. Let these young guys grow with all the other young guys on the offense.

But Monken would never do that. He’s got the quarterbacks in all the wrong order. We’ll see who’s right, him or me.

Steve King