Sometimes it helps to state the obvious. While it might be something that everyone in the know is abundantly aware of, to hear it said outright—and to hear it from someone to whom it applies—helps to punctuate its reality, and maybe even provides a bit of catharsis. And as they say in the help groups, the first step is admitting there’s a problem.
The Cleveland Browns’ problem, as stated by third-year running back Nick Chubb, was overconfidence. “I said it before, I think we thought we were a lot better than we were”, he told Jim Rome earlier this month.