Hue Jackson is running out of excuses for the Browns to be terrible

How is Hue Jackson good? If you interview the Browns head coach himself, he will tell you that the attack is his specialty. "That's what I know," he said last week after losing in overtime to the Buccaneers. In his statement, he promised to step in and help offensive coordinator Todd Haley "understand" why the Browns could not score enough points to win games.

They scored 18 points in a loss to the Steelers. Six of those points came with just 13 seconds in the game and Pittsburgh's defense in cruising control with a 33-12 lead.

So what did Jackson do exactly to help the offensive this week? Nobody knows. Not even Hue Jackson!

When he was asked about these comments after this week's defeat, Jackson let him down.

"I do not want to talk or give [credence] about last week, "Jackson said after Sunday's game," I said what I said by frustration, it's over.

There he was clearly annoyed that the journalists had the audacity to report on the statement he made a week ago.

So how did it become a thing in the first place?

Let's go back to last week, another forgotten Browns game.

They lost 26-23 in overtime against the Bucs. After this match, Jackson promised to interfere in the Browns' offensive decision-making.

"I must jump head first, all hands, feet, everything, and go get it; It's as simple as that. I think I have to do it. And I want. That's what I know. So I will not continue to look at something that I know how to do, continues to be so. It's the truth.

"It's nothing against anyone in our building, I just think that's what I'm doing, and I think I need to be a little more involved."

Nobody is going to look at the score and think that the attack was great in this defeat against the Bucs, but a regular diet of giving the ball to Nick Chubb and Baker Mayfield relying on Jarvis Landry and the tight end of David Njoku pulled them 16 – 2 deficit in the first half to force overtime.

It's not rocket science.

It was the most disturbing part of his statement last week:

"I am the head coach of the football team. I will do what I think I should do to bring this team where it needs to be. "

Has Jackson taken a responsibility?

LOL, you should know better than that.

Rumors of dismissal emerge

A familiar thing happened Sunday morning, before the Browns' inevitable defeat by the Steelers: rumors of layoffs surfaced. This time it was Haley whose head was on the block. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL, the Browns could send Haley back if the difficulties continue. It was at least a potential solution.

But you do not really need to watch every game of the Browns (God, why would you do it?) To know that the problems go far beyond the offensive game. Everyone in the building is suffering from football anemia. It's endemic.

Jackson and Haley, to the surprise of anyone who does not know one of them very well, do not get along. You've seen some of these tensions on Hard blows this summer. They quarreled about the players at rest. The tension over how Jackson deals with players, that is, with a lack of discipline, would always be a problem.

The remarks last week were not very good – surprise – with the rest of the team. A head coach publicly bickering his veteran offensive coordinator will not be well received. Their internal quarrels also made things more difficult in the locker room.

Hue Jackson always finds a scapegoat. Last season, it was Sashi Brown, a front-office employee taking the fall for Jackson's 0-16 season. This time it's Haley being served.

So what happened this week?

To hear Jackson say it after the match this week, his involvement in the offense was no more than usual. This is a very convenient thing to say after being embarrassed by the Steelers, who themselves had a rather embarrassing time on this free-kick that they did not realize as a free kick.

The difference is that the Steelers have rebounded from their blunder. For Hue Jackson's Browns, who has now 3-36-1 since being hired, it's a way of life.

This is the usual list of conservative cries, horrendous management of the watch and unruly game that has always attracted the Browns under Jackson, regardless of the unfortunate coordinator onlookers who had the misfortune to work for him.

In the first practice of the game, the Browns did a decent job of moving the ball. They moved 69 very nice yards to the 13th Steelers, where they had a third and three. Pittsburgh knew what was going to happen, Duke Johnson in the middle. They force-fed him for a three-yard loss and the Browns settled for a placement.

My favorite personal moment came at the end of the first half. The Steelers, leading 7-6, got the ball by 13 at 7:20 after Baker Mayfield launched an interception. They used the entire remaining time, with the exception of eight seconds, on a touch training that earned him 14-6. Hue Jackson had the three deadlines to burn when the player started and he had three deadlines left at the end of the half.

Having a short memory is important for being a fan of the Browns. It's a less attractive quality for the head coach.

When the Steelers had a big, generous place on the same record, Jackson could not challenge, but he could have called for a stoppage of play in the hope of trying to get the referees to look again. Or if nothing else, a dead time just to give his defense a chance to recover before the Steelers convert the fourth and short to the next game.

Apologies in Cleveland

Jackson's short memory proved helpful when asked about the drama last week as well.

"Guys, I said what I said last week and obviously he had legs, but I never said I wanted to remove the screaming game. J & # I said I wanted to help. That's all. So, today, all of a sudden, it's the big thing to do because everyone will watch and tell what's going on? "

No matter his involvement in the offensive this week, his call to the theater or just his helpful advice, it did not work. But, as he had already announced, it was much more difficult to blame the offensive coordinator for all the blame. Jackson positioned himself as part of the solution, offered a man of straw and did not like being held responsible for the same terrible results.

Oh, and he and Todd Haley are fine too.

"There is nothing wrong with my relationship with Haley," he added.

Maybe not, but forgive me for not accepting this to the letter. Interesting information began circulating Sunday night, shedding light on the two men's disagreement over the offense.

According to ESPN, Jackson wants the Browns to use more offensive offenses, more quick tilts and play options, pieces designed to better match Mayfield's position in his first season in the NFL. This kind of games did not always work either. And the fact that the Browns have a pretty bad group of receivers behind Landry probably does not help. Haley prefers a more traditional offense, more fallout that can be a liability behind this offensive line.

We learned, via Charles Robinson from Yahoo Sports, that it was necessary to seek the permission of the owner, Jimmy Haslam, to change the arrangements in the event of an offense.

Whatever the source of this information, it would seem to give Jackson some protection against the team's offensive struggles, despite his "help" last week. Whatever his weaknesses as a head coach.

Jackson has always been very successful in spreading his version of events in the media in one way or another. He survives creating chaos and positioning himself as a victim and as a person capable of cleaning everything up.

But this time, it may not be serious.

There is someone else who now has the ear of Haslam: General Manager John Dorsey. Not even a year into the job, he helped a lot in solving the team's staff problems, eliminating Jackson's biggest excuse for failing the rankings. If the losers continue, and there is no reason to believe that this is the case, all the excuses and scapegoats will not be enough to save Hue Jackson's job.

The Dawg Pound season is a tough new season, but at least once that happens, the Browns can finally find a new head coach and be on the right track to win.