Why would anyone – save for those who live under a rock or in a Third-World country – be even the least bit surprised that the Browns have released quarterback Brock Osweiler?

Breaking news?

Hardly.

In actuality, it’s the freight train that’s been chuggin’ on down the tracks since the Browns acquired him in a trade with the Houston Texans nearly six months ago.

And the engineer of that train is Browns head coach Hue Jackson, who, from the moment he left the station, has been throwing clues like tight spirals to let anyone and everyone know he didn’t want Osweiler as even a passenger, let alone a conductor, on anything he was driving.

Never in Browns history has a head coach had such disdain for his own quarterback. There might be opposing quarterbacks, such as Andy Dalton, one of his players with the Cincinnati Bengals, who Jackson likes better than Osweiler.

Jackson’s feelings for Osweiler were, at least initially, based solely on the fact the coach doesn’t think he’s a good player. But when Osweiler showed he is also delusional by saying repeatedly that he had a good training camp and preseason when it was clear to everyone else that he was the same guy who had been horrible last season with the Texans, it simply gave Jackson more reason to part ways with him.

Really, how could Osweiler, in being so sloppy with his self-awareness, ever be the veteran tutor that he might have been for rookie starting quarterback DeShone Kizer? That role was the only one Osweiler could have served on this team.

Even with a quarterback room full of wet-behind-the-ears guys in Kizer and second-year players Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan, the Browns are still better off without Osweiler’s dysfunctional presence.

As for the other moves they made on Saturday as they got down to the regular-season roster limit of 53, I think the Browns will regret getting rid of guard-center John Greco, the Boardman High School and University of Toledo product whose versatility is a real asset, and also of Jordan Leslie, their best wide receiver – by far – in training camp and the preseason. Wideout is unquestionably the Browns’ weakest position area, so they can ill afford to cast off talented players.

On the other hand, I like – a lot — the trade to acquire wide receiver Sammie Coates from Pittsburgh. The Steelers became disenchanted with Coates because he wasn’t really productive, but I think he just got lost in all the talent they have at that position. I think that once he learns the offense, he’ll thrive in coming to a team that’s in the opposite situation in that regard.