The Cleveland Browns love screwing up.
It's what they do better than anything.
I mean I can't think of a time when the Browns didn't take a situation and ultimately screw it up. If screwing up were championships the Browns would be a dynasty.
If screwing up was money, the Browns would be the wealthiest entity on this Earth.
And, man alive, they just keep it rolling.
The latest example of their ineptitude came in the form of totally botching their quarterback situation over the past couple days. Now, there really is a wonder and question as to where this all leaves the position behind center up in Northeast Ohio.
And I just laugh. What knuckleheads.
When front office members of the Browns began to flirt with Deshaun Watson and flew to Houston for a meeting, Baker Mayfield immediately felt the need to show everyone his soul on social media.
Baker decided that authoring a scorned lover, farewell letter was the best plan of attack.
Heck, the guy felt alienated.
And man was it entertaining.
Baker even signed off using his middle name, so you know he was damn well he super serious about things. When you use your middle name, you normally mean business.
But now we are here — the Browns end up Browning again. They did what they do best, being the Browns and totally botching things.
And to me it is positively hilarious because it was so simple to see as soon as the wheels started turning.
On Thursday morning it was reported that they are now out of the Watson sweepstakes.
He won't be taking his baggage nor his significant football talent to Cleveland.
The quarterback with the looming legal issues will find another place to play; he wants traded somewhere not named Cleveland.
Again, hilarious.
What a totally botched situation.
So the Browns now find them self at the intersection of totally pissing off their incumbent quarterback to where he doesn't want to come back and swinging and missing for something they thought was a big prize.
What a crossroads. Funny part is, no one made them steer their vehicle there. They willingly did it.
There is no way Baker Mayfield, if he has any pride, will ever want to play in Cleveland again.
I'm not at all a Mayfield field, but the optics of it scream that he wasn't communicated with fairly.
Now all they have in Cleveland is a guy who thought he was a gone (and most likely doesn't want to play there anymore) and a guy who they couldn't get who is off to somewhere else.
Hahahaha.
Enjoy the high times while they lasted, Browns fans. The undeniable truth would appear to be the height of your success was that playoff victory inside a pretty much empty Heinz Field.
It's all downhill from there. And largely because you can't get out of your own way.
Good luck.
You're going to need it.
What a mess.
At least the organization has a lot of experience with messes.
