Jackson a Free Man

Let me get this straight -- the Dolphins offered a 5th round draft choice for James Jackson in the preseason. Davis turned it down, saying he would only accept a 3rd. Fair enough. Then the season starts, and Jackson has been inactive for most of the games. Now at 3-6 the Browns cut him for nothing. NOTHING. So in the past year the Browns have given away a 4th round pick (which is what they could have netted for KJ if they had simply sent him home for the last half of last season) and a 5th rounder. In both cases, the Browns decided NOTHING was better than something. Un-frickin-believable.

I thought there was some hope after the Morgan for Bryant deal cause at least the Browns got some potential there. I thought maybe Butch and the gang had turned a corner and figured out you have to make a deal while you can, otherwise the moment will pass and your assets will lose value fast. But I was wrong. The Bryant deal will remain a slight positive for now until a year or so goes by and we can get some perspective. But these other non-deals are immediately bad deals. The Browns front office is losing in more ways than just on the football field.

More than the poor record, this ront office ineptitude has made me happy this was the year I've been able to stay away from CBS and devote myself to some other, more important things in life. The Browns will be there in 2005. Whether or not they are any good probably has something to do with who is calling the shots in Berea come January.