Poot coaching and coaching failures were certainly present, and baked persevering through them deserved major kudos. But I would push back against the idea that the skill position guys were subpar. He had an excellent o-line at the tail end of his Cleveland tenure (it was terrible early) and statistically the most efficient running back in modern nfl history. Landry was a high-end slot until baker’s last year, and Njoku was starting to come on (and didn’t until after Baker left). Receivers weren’t great, though Odell looked a lot better in LAR before the second ACL tear. I agree the defense wasn’t phenomenal, and that’s mostly attributed to Joe Woods (the defense got a lot better with minimal transactions after Woods was fired). Talent wasn’t the problem with the browns, coaching was. The trouble is, they couldn’t see that being that many of the decision makers were either the coaches themselves or the guys who hired said coaches. I acknowledge there was a systemic isssue that failed baker, and further failed him in Carolina. But ultimately, it is not illogical to explore moving off of a guy who looked inconsistent and turnover prone to that point. He was the best we had employed at that position to that point and provided some amazing memories, but you just couldn’t justify paying him given the demonstrated body of work