I said in another post we are years away if we are lucky.
When you look at ownership.
All of the unknowns regarding his staff and the organization.
No quarterback identified. Roster age both young and old.
They need of money and draft picks to follow this promising rookie class.
At the same time future drafts are super important.
So this trade made sense within the big framework of what must be done.
Wow. You’re spot on but at the same time you’re confirming the incompetence among the decision makers.
One “promising” draft class out of six gives you an hit rate of 16,6%. A statistical average is 33,66% hit rate, elite is probably somewhere close to 40%. (The first round gives you a 63% chance of finding a starter. The second round gives you a 27% chance, the third a 17% chance - that means on average that nearly 50% of all first and second round picks become starters)
The best general managers in the league have on average “promising draft classes” almost every second season. Even a blind could get a better return than Berry by just randomly picking players based on his favorite numbers, that’s how bad it had been.
If you combine that with how the Browns have handled their quarterback situation you probably realize that the only word that’s suitable is incompetence.
You can only use the “bad luck” card (in the Browns dictionary it’s called “swing and miss”) so long, and after six seasons it’s no longer valid from a statistical perspective.
The absolute fastest way for this organization to become more successful, above average or better, is to change the decision makers.
That’s not even an opinion, it’s just based on statistical facts.