Blaming Kitchens is Ignorant. Bashing OBJ is Stupid. What a Pant-load

A lot of people, including Mary Kay Cabbott, are blaming the wrong people for the Browns' dissapointing season.

1: When Freddie Kitchens and Todd Monken don't "connect", it's good for the Browns.  Multiple Tight Ends and the 2-back have Freddie's fingerprints all over them.

Abandoning the run prematurely is more likely on Monken.  Look no further back than Freddie's 2018 stint as Offensive Coordinator, and compare that to Monken's Buccaneer offense.  I mean DUH.

2: Until the second half vs the Steelers, Freddie's playcalling was pretty good, and even here, down and distance can force more passes.

3: Dan Justik exposes the real "culprits" here, and these are the Offensive Line, and John Dorsey.

Aside from Tretter and Bitonio, the Browns Offensive Line is below average (especially at Tackle).  Baker Mayfield gets too much pressure too soon, and they've had to go more "West Coast", despite an impressive running game (read play-action) and Mayfield's mobility and ability to improvise.

In fairness to Dorsey (see earlier posts), all of his veteran free agent Offensive Linemen were above average in pass protection per PFF, so his strategy made sense for a zone-blocking offense.

But, as Dan points out, Dorsey overpaid Hubbard, and drafted Austin Corbett atop the second round.  Not good.

4: Blaming the Coaches for OBJ's substandard season is simpletonian.  

OBJ avoided most of the offseason workouts.  Mayfield doesn't "miss" Landry: there it is.

4a: Trying to FORCE the ball to OBJ deep has probably done more harm than good.

Certainly you can bash Kitchens for this, but please make up your mind: Is Freddie incompetent for sending OBJ deep and making Mayfield focus on him, or for doing more West Coast stuff and letting Mayfield spread it around? 

New topic: OBJ-bashing is assenine.  HE hasn't said anything about wanting "out", let alone made any demands whatsoever.

Pat Kirwan and the rest of you need to quit reminding Beckham that he's under contract and powerless...

Again full disclosure: English is my first language, and I always hear or read what is said or written, verbatum.

I can't figure out why these clowns are picking on OBJ.  JFC he can't even answer questions anymore! He could say "yes", "no", "maybe", or "no comment" and get crucified!

Pat Kirwan et al: What tf did OBJ say that you managed to mangle into a "demand" or...whatever? Why TF are you lecturing Beckham on contract law!?!

And yes, I have to invoke Donald Trump and impeachment here, because the similarities are obvious.

Just to clarify for any new readers: OBJ has always been a team player.  He has made a fool of himself sometimes, and loves attention, but despite the weekly questions about his unexpectedly low production, he's been a model politician as a Brown.

In a nutshell, OBJ blabbering too much but essentially saying "I don't know" about his future with the Browns shouldn't have got Charlie Weiss, Pat Kirwan et al all up in his face lecturing him about contract law!!!

Good GRIEF OBJ said NOTHING wrong, or even controversial!  And here we go with this "Impeach OBJ" bullshit!

Wow.  Just...wow.