“They paid me BONUSES to lose”: NFL investigates shocking claims made by former Browns coach Hue Jackson
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The Cleveland Browns have been a go-to place for drama lovers this time around. The Baker Mayfield controversy, the Deshaun Watson trade, the sexual harassment lawsuits against Deshaun, and the Hue Jackson controversy, there is enough content to make any soap opera writer envious.
Most recently, the Browns spoke to an NFL investigator to look into the claims made by the team’s former head coach, Hue Jackson, who had stated that the Browns deliberately lost several games in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Hue Jackson was fired by the Browns in 2018
Jackson is a well-known entity in the world of American Football. Currently, he serves as the head coach at Grambling State University. He has served as an offensive assistant at both the collegiate and professional levels. Moreover, he also held coordinator positions with the Washington Redskins in 2003, the Falcons in 2007, the Raiders in 2010, and the Bengals from 2014 to 2015.
Hue also served as the head coach of the Raiders in 2011 and the Browns from 2016 to 2018. In fact, he was fired by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam during the 2018 season after the team churned out disastrous performances. A while back, in a series of posts on social media, Jackson indicated that the team actually paid him bonuses to lose.
He claimed he was intentionally set up to fail. Jackson later softened those claims. The Browns went from terrible in 2016 to completely miserable and winless in 2017. This allowed them to have the No 1 overall pick in the 2017 and 2018 drafts. The team then selected star players like Myles Garrett and Baker Mayfield.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy stated that the league has asked former Securities and Exchange Commission chair, Mary Jo White, to look into Jackson’s allegations. “The review is ongoing and is expected to conclude soon,” McCarthy said as reported by The Guardian.
It will be interesting to see what comes out of this investigation.
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