The best thing to happen with the Cleveland Browns this past offseason wasn’t the trade for Odell Beckham Jr. It wasn’t the countless magazine covers and features. It wasn’t the massive hype-train, the reinvigorated fan-base or all the media members dubbing the team as a potential division-winner.
No, the most momentous moment of the offseason was owner Jimmy Haslam stepping aside and letting his front office lead the charge with the search for a new head coach, a search which ended with Freddie Kitchens winning the gig.
This had never happened before.