Among the fallout from Brian Flores’ lawsuit targeted at the NFL is a microscope placed upon the perhaps suspiciously terrible Browns teams in 2016 and ’17.
Included in Flores’ explosive suit is a claim that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him $100,000 per loss during the 2019 season as a means to tank for a top draft pick, which Roger Goodell said SaturdayAs the claim became public, former Browns coach Hue Jackson first suggested there was a similar scheme in Cleveland before backing off — but adding nuance to his situation.
Jackson, who presided over the 1-31 Browns from 2016-17, said that though he wasn’t directly bribed to lose, there was a “plan” to incentivize losing games. “When you talk about incentivizing a four-year plan that led to the team not being able to play as well, that people benefited off of that — that’s different,” JacksonAccording to Jackson, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam wanted to lose “I told Jimmy that what he was doing was very destructive, to not do this because it’s going to hurt my career and every other coach that worked with me and every player on the team,” Jackson, who is Black, told Anderson Cooper.
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