Now comes from a column from Skip Bayless on ESPN.com which reports that the Cleveland coaching staff, including offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, was not “all-in” on the decision to get Manziel and that it was Haslam who in fact made the decision to trade up to get him. This is alarming and makes one wonder if Manziel is going to live through a year or two like Robert Griffin III has with the Washington Redskins.
The organization that chased Marty Schottenheimer after the 1988 season because he only made the playoffs, but not the Super Bowl, was desperate for anything even resembling those excellent Brown teams of the late 1980s, coached by Schottenheimer and led by quarterback Bernie Kosar.
The Cleveland Browns haven’t made the playoffs since 2002. They haven’t even contended seriously for postseason play since 2007. They have not advanced to even the second round of the playoffs since 1994. Maybe that’s why the recent ruckus over the comments of radio analyst and former quarterback Bernie Kosar weren’t such a bad thing—if nothing else, they reminded us a day when the Browns were relevant.