If a report Sunday from the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport is accurate, and the Browns really plan to keep coach Freddie Kitchens—and Rapoport is excellent, so it's probably dead on—this will be one of the dumbest things the Browns have ever done. And that's saying something.
The Browns were atomized by the 4-9-1 Cardinals on Sunday, and make no mistake, the game wasn't as close as its 38-24 score. The Browns made quarterback Kyler Murray look like a combination of Steve Young, Lamar Jackson and Eric Dickerson.
Murray completed 76 percent of his passes, threw for 219 yards and one touchdown and rushed eight times for 56 yards, including one 35 yard run where he looked like he had the Millennium Falcon's nav system and hyperdrive.