This is not a surprise, folks

By STEVE KING

Now, everybody realizes what we discussed here several times more than a month ago — that is, that the Browns made an egregious mistake when they got rid of capable veteran Joshua Dobbs and instead kept rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson as their backup quarterback.

We said on each occasion that the decision could really come back and bite the Browns if starter Deshaun Watson got hurt. We added that almost every quarterback in the NFL gets injured at some point during the season, and that it was especially true for a player like Watson, who often runs.

Along with that, we said that quarterback, since it is the most important position in team sports, is the one spot on the roster where you overspend and fortify the depth. You can’t win without competent quarterback play.

We talked about the Browns being all giddy over the fact they were the most under the salary cap of any team in the league, and that the distinction didn’t mean anything because the Browns need to win in the here instead of saving that capital for some distant year down the road. We called it being penny wise and pound foolish, and pointed out there are no titles given out for being the leanest with the cap. The object is to win lots of games, because it is for that that championships are won.

We mentioned that often times when people believe themselves to be the smartest ones in the room, it turns out that just the opposite is true. We added that Browns General Manager Andrew Berry can tend to wander way too close to that dangerous territory.

Now, if I can realize all this, and you can realize this and we all can all realize this, then why in the name of roster mismanagement can’t the deep thinkers on the Browns — the movers and shakers, the so-called really smart people and those who are being paid a king’s ransom to put the club into position to seriously contend for the franchise’s first Super Bowl berth — see it as well? It’s not hard. It really isn’t. It’s not brain surgery. It’s just common sense.

That those people can’t see it, or refuse to see it, is, as I mentioned on Monday regarding the fact they did such a poor job in getting Thompson-Robinson physically, mentally and emotionally ready to play, a dereliction of duty.