I can’t believe I’m saying this again, but they need to start completely over with someone running the team who knows what the hell he’s doing. Holmgren is a name I keep hearing as a possibility in a Parcells-type role in the front office, and that’s exactly what they need. Fire Mangini yesterday — I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt early on but he’s awful — and let Holmgren (or whomever they hire) go get the coach he wants. I’d be fine with keeping Rob Ryan because the defense has shown flashes, but fire the rest of this awful coaching staff as well.

Then you go into next season with a real football guy calling the shots, a coach who is accountable to his front office and not the other way around, a decent financial outlook after unloading several big contracts and trading down in the first round last season, and best of all, a ton of picks in next year’s draft.

If they get the right people in place, the Browns are set up to potentially build a solid foundation of talent rather quickly beginning next season because of the multiple draft picks and financial flexibility. They just need to make sure the people using those draft picks know what the hell they’re doing. Because clearly, Mangini and his goons are clueless.