Where the Real Unfairness Lies in the Browns’ Quarterback Mess

CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 17: Head coach Kevin Stefanski of the Cleveland Browns talks with Baker Mayfield #6 during the second half against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 17, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

You have to be careful of where your Browns news is coming from, the site and the author.

Sometimes — and perhaps even a good number of times — what is being written or said sounds good until you begin to examine it more closely. Then you end up scratching your head.

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For instance, there was a recent article stating that it’s unfair to expect Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski to produce good quarterback play when his top two passers are rookies.

Makes sense, right? Certainly.

But wait a minute. Stefanski was part of the brain trust — we use the term lightly — that made the decisions to structure the present quarterback room. The Browns sent Baker Mayfield packing after trading three first-round choices in the NFL Draft to acquire Deshaun Watson. That crippled the top part of their draft for three years. Then they promptly signed Watson to a fully-guaranteed $230 million contract, thus crippling their salary cap for five years. When he has played, which has been hardly at all, he has been horrible.

Stefanski is merely paying for his and his associates’ egregious sins.

The only ones being treated unfairly are the tremendous Browns fans.

Steve King

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