Hue Jackson is the new coach of the Cleveland Browns.(
But if it weren't for the Browns of 2011, he might not be getting another chance to be a head coach. Jackson's meandering road to Cleveland actually started Oct. 16, 2011, when Jackson was coach of the Raiders and the Browns played them in Oakland.
Jackson's Raiders had started 3-2 and he had Jason Campbell playing the best football of his career.
But in the second quarter, Campbell scrambled and was tackled by Scott Fujita. The result was a broken collarbone that ended Campbell's season.
Kyle Boller finished the game and was able to beat the Browns — naturally and, yes, that's so Browns — but Jackson stepped into the void filled by the death of Al Davis and went after Carson Palmer.