Mike Vrabel said the other day at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis that the Browns did not offer him a permanent job after his year-long stint with them as a consultant ended shortly after the conclusion of the season.

That’s hardly a surprise,  and it’s sad and disappointing. The Browns were never going to bring him on board because his presence — and wisdom and experience — would have embarrassed the club’s decision-makers and made them look bad by proving how wrong and misguided they are on a variety of fronts.

I wish at the end of the season that the Browns would have fired both General Manager Andrew Berry, who always believes himself to be the smartest guy in every room into which he walks when just the opposite is true, and listless head coach Kevin Stefanski, who can’t coach quarterbacks or offense, the two things about which he is wrongly credited for being an expert, and hired Vrabel as head coach and let him bring in a general manager with whom he could work.

It would have made the Browns so much better.

Sigh.

Vrabel did something recently in his new home, the Boston area, where is head coach of the Patriots, by starting an association of himself, the head coaches of the Bruins and Celtics, and the manager of the Red Sox, the city’s other three pro teams, so they can work together and share ideas about leading those franchises so they can best represent and serve the community.

Now, can you envision Kevin Stefanski coming up with a forward-looking idea like that?

No, I can’t, either.

Boston’s gain is Cleveland’s loss.

Steve King