Listen, apologies for the negativity on a site that strives to bring you mostly positives along with the news. The reality of the Cleveland Browns recent history is mostly negative, so much so that it is actually difficult to limit the list of worst decisions down to 25, but we wanted to give it a chance.
First, we sought out your feedback on what decisions stood out to you. We received some good feedback, including some lists like this one:
Second, we realize that no list will be fully agreed upon, but most likely, the first three (in some order) will be agreed upon by most Browns fans.
Finally, along with Browns FilmBreakdown, we talked through some of the top mistakes. You can see a video of Part 1 down at the bottom of this post.
Jimmy Haslam buys the team
Deshaun Watson
Hue Jackson
Kyle Shanahan’s escape
Odell Beckham trade
John Dorsey
OL Failure for Tim Couch
Justin Gilbert/Johnny Manziel
Hiring Freddy Kitchens
Mitchell Schwartz, Alex Mack leaving
Julio Jones Trade
Drafting Brandon Weeden
Paul DePodesta
Letting Baker Mayfield play injured
Alec Sheiner’s trash uniforms with “Browns” running down the leg
Jim O’Neal as DC
Ray Farmer text scandal
Pat Shurmer, Rod Chudzinsky (especially with Travis Kelce begging to be drafted)
The Danny Shelton, Cam Erving draft
GPODAWUND and hashtag DP
Gerard Warren selection
2016 NFL draft
Numerous GM hires
Tristan Wirfs
Kamerion Wimbley, Haloti Ngata trade
Now, after sending you down that negative worm hole, you tell us, what did we miss since 1999? Is there a mistake you would move way up or way down our list?
Share with us in the comment section below