Brandon Jackson

You know who you are. We didn’t forget. We’ll never forget.


You said the Browns should trade Odell Beckham Jr.

And when I say “you,” I’m not even talking about the national media who turns this into a debate topic every 6 months just because. I’m talking to the actual Cleveland Browns fans that said this.

I was born in, live in, and work in Cleveland, OH. Most of the people I interact with on a daily basis have an opinion of the Browns. And I promise that the majority of these opinions believed that Odell was the problem.

There was acknowledgement that Freddie Kitchens was bad, but the blame shifted to Odell. They said he ruined the offense because he needs to be force fed the ball. He broke Baker because he needs his targets. He just worries about himself and his stats.

I heard these things. Of course you can find tweets about it too, but I am literally talking about people in real life who I spoke to.

And I ask the question, what made you believe that he only worried about his stats? Why did people think he was a bad teammate? Why is it his fault that Baker Mayfield was God awful in 2019?

Oh but look Brandon! He was washed up! Look at his stats that he cares so much about. They weren’t that good!

Even though he finished with over 1,000 yards while playing on a bad hip. If he didn’t play, you would’ve called him soft.

So after last season, everyone’s solution was to trade him. Get a pick for him, and wipe your hands of it, because he’s no good anymore.

That’s what they said about Cam Newton too.

They wanted him off the team. And three weeks ago, they said the same thing. Against Baltimore, he had a bad game. So did the whole team. But it was still the same narrative, it’s Odell’s fault somehow.

It can’t be the fault of the person who’s job it is to get him the ball right? If he’s so good he should be able to do it on his own right? Not right.

If you were a delivery driver for Amazon, and the GPS they gave you for deliveries kept sending you to the wrong address, would that be your fault? You could absolutely find a few houses because you might know the area, but largely you’d be lost because you didn’t have the necessary help to do your job.

So fast forward to week four against the Dallas Cowboys, and Odell has easily his best game as a Brown, and one of his best games of his whole career.

Admit you were wrong. If you thought he had somehow turned into a bad football player, apologize. If you believed he was the reason the offense was failing, apologize.

And if you were one of the many people in this city who wanted him gone for one stupid reason or another, you can shut up forever.