Browns' head coach Todd Monken channeled his inner Dan Hurley in today's postgame press conference. After the Browns were thoroughly beaten and flat-out embarrassed by the Jacksonville Jaguars, Monken sent out a warning to the rest of the league.
In his opening statement, Monken said, "You better get us now," in reference to the Browns potentially not having much skill on their roster this year. Now, I am usually all for a coach having confidence and, more importantly, being vocal about it, but this may not have been the time or place for this.
The Browns were zero percent competitive on Sunday.
They showed a little bit of life for four plays on offense before they were totally incompetent on that side of the football, only to be coupled with a horrific
performance on defense to boot.
If that game today were played 100 times, the Jaguars would win 99 of them, and that's simply thanks to the law of averages. The Browns were horrible today, and frankly, there is not all that much to be optimistic about going forward.
That said, things can change quickly in the NFL, and week to week, teams can improve a lot. But the reality is, the Browns will be this bad for as long as Deshaun Watson is the team's quarterback.
His good days of playing the position have completely passed him by, and it is to the point that completing a 10-yard pass is a chore for him. He is so bad that he is an anchor on a team that has some exciting pieces that will never get to flourish as long as he is playing the position.
I do agree with Monken that it can't be this bad forever. That is absolutely true, but for him, his biggest concern is keeping this team together and not letting it fall apart. If it does, and it won't take many more of these horrific performances, Monken won't be around much longer to see it all the way through.
So, I hope teams heed his warning and try to get them now because they will be good in the future. In the short term, he needs to fix a lot of things, starting with the quarterback, and at least give his players and fans some hope. Until he does that, everyone is going to get the Browns, and get them pretty easily.
This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: Browns head coach sends message after embarrassing loss to Jaguars
