Jarvis Landry and Freddie Kitchens gave more tabloid fodder for a Cleveland Browns squad that resembles a daytime soap more than an NFL team.
- The Browns have officially been eliminated from playoff contention.
- It’s a disappointing, drama-filled end to a once-promising season.
- The drama may be far from over, though.
With a 38 – 90 loss to the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, it became official. Once again, the Cleveland Browns will miss the NFL postseason. For many fans, that is going to mean the season was a failure.
Many of those same people would characterize this season as a “dumpster fire.” Fair? From a football perspective — not really. They didn’t come close to living up to expectations, but those expectations were insanely high and never really attainable.
But from a personnel stance — absolutely. The Browns have a head coach in over his head, both on the field and away from it. Their superstar wide receiver, Odell Beckham Jr.,is still all about the drama– just like he was in New York.
As for their star quarterback and preseason MVP-candidate, Baker Mayfield, he strugglesto control his temper,and his facial hairgot better reviews than his on-the-field performance. Oh — andlet’s not forget about Myles Garrett.
In case all of that was enough, Freddie Kitchens and Jarvis Landry added a little more fuel to a Cleveland Browns season that’s featured more drama than a daytime soap opera.
Freddie Kitchens Doesn ‘ t Care About His Job
With how the season has gone for the Browns, it is apparent thatFreddie Kitchens is not ready to be a head coach
in the NFL. He made that fact even more painfully clear when he said after Sunday’s loss thathe doesn’t care about his job.
Was it true when he said it? Probably not. But common sense should have told him that statement was a bad idea.
It was not surprising when he tried to walk that comment back during his Monday press availability:
Does the statement hold any actual importance? No. But he shouldn’t have needed a day to come up with something different to say. Proclaiming that you don’t care about your job is never smart, regardless of the context.
Jarvis Landry Pops Off & Tells Cardinals to ‘Come Get Him ‘
************************Jarvis Landry allegedly wants to abandon one former # 1 overall pick to catch passes from another one in Arizona. | Source: The not-so-good part of the day for Jarvis Landry came early in the fourth quarter when he and Freddie Kitchens appeared to have a little spat on the sideline: Both later brushed the incident off as no big deal; Landry said he was just imploring Kitchens to get him more involved. But, then Landry allegedly did something worse after the game. According to one reporter, Landry and several other players weretelling members of the Cardinals to try to trade for themin the offseason. Is it true? We’ll never know unless Landry or one of the other players comes forward. The overwhelming response on Twitter, however, was negative. Why leave one bad team for another, anyway? At least when Odell Beckham Jr. supposedly asked someone to trade for him, it was the ers. What Plot Twist Will the Browns Soap Opera Feature Next? It will be interesting to see what the Browns front office decides to do following the end of the season. Kitchens wasn’t impressive, but do they really want to start over — again? If they can get a big-name guy to come in, maybe, but otherwise it may be better to give things another season. If Kareem Hunt is right, it sounds like the team needs to do a little soul searching: He also made it sound like a few egos may be getting in the way
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