As Browns' Offensive Woes Continue, Firing of Brian Daboll Should be Looming

After a horrible performance against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football, in which the Cleveland Browns had two weeks to prepare for, Browns fans across this nation are calling for owner Randy Lerner to step in and make a move by firing offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.

Daboll is a rookie coordinator, but after watching another touchdown-less debacle against the Ravens (that makes six of nine games without a touchdown in 2009), his value is lower than it ever has been. Unless the Browns cannot score a touchdown against the Detroit Lions this upcoming Sunday.

When will the horrible play-calling stop?

What is Eric Mangini really doing in this matter?

Where was the help that Mangini said quarterbacks coach Brad Smith (who is a former offensive coordinator himself) was going to give to Daboll?

So many questions, so few answers, and even fewer results.

Lerner has been more proactive and hands-on with the Browns over the past month than he has been since taking over ownership from his late father Al.

Unfortunately, Lerner being proactive meant him finding a scapegoat in firing former general manager George Kokinis, when he should have fired Daboll instead.

Now he needs to put his extremely wealthy foot down again and fire Daboll now.

Usually, you have to give any rookie a chance to develop, and usually signs of development are noticed as the season progresses, but not in the case of the Browns' offense.

After two weeks of prep for the Ravens, one would think that Mangini, Daboll, and Smith would create a solid game plan, but that was not the case and the game plan looked the exact same as what was used during Brady Quinn's first 10 quarters of play as a starter to open the 2009 season.

Any Browns or NFL fan that watched the Monday Night game could tell you that ESPN analyst Jon Gruden's comments throughout the game were dead-on regarding the offensive scheme the Browns were using and the lack of long passes to back the defenses up.

Too bad Gruden didn't get fed up with Mangini, throw off his announcer headset, and go down to the sideline where he could have knocked out Mangini and took over the team for the rest of the game.

That was just wishful thinking, but at times it did seem like Gruden got really pissed off at the Browns.

Remember, Gruden grew up about 45 minutes outside of Cleveland in Sandusky, Ohio where he too was a Browns fans while growing up.

If Lerner cannot or will not fire Mangini, then the next best thing needs to happen and that's getting rid of a horrid play-caller in Daboll and put a new perspective into the offensive coordinator position to get this historically bad offense going somehow.

Browns fans want a better product on the field and with bad play-calling they now are calling for Daboll's head.

(Article also posted on Dawg Scooper )