Former Browns head coach Hue Jackson struggled during his two and a half years in Cleveland. He posted a 3-36-1 record and was fired after a 2-5-1 start to the 2018 season.
Things went about as bad as you could expect with his time with the franchise. He did, however apparently do one thing right.
Hue Jackson, who joined the, “Pass It Down,” podcast this week, stated the team actually wanted to take North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky first overall in the 2017 NFL Draft and not Myles Garrett.
He made sure that did not happen.
“I think at the time, there was a divide between who should be the first pick,” Jackson said. “I wanted Myles Garrett, and I’m an offensive coach, because I didn’t think that there was a quarterback that was worthy of being the first pick of the draft. I thought Myles was going to be a generational talent. I thought he demonstrated that in our private meeting with him, he demonstrated to me his intelligence, his burning desire to be the best at what he does, his workout was sensational. I was lock and barrel on Myles Garrett. But there were others that were lock and barrel on Mitchell Trubisky. And me being a quarterback guy, I did not want that.”
Garrett has posted double-digit sack numbers in three of his four seasons, including a career-high of 13.5 in the 2018 season.
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This past season, Garrett recorded a career-high 48 tackles, 10 of which were for loss, and 12 sacks. He also forced a career-high four fumbles.
Mitch Trubisky led the Bears to a 25-23 record and no playoff wins over the first three years. The team has since declined Trubisky’s fifth-year option in his contract ahead of the 2020 season.
He is now signed with the Buffalo Bills, backing up Josh Allen.
