Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.

Takeaways the day after another overtime loss, 26-23, to Tampa Bay …

Closing the can of worms: A day after emotionally vowing to fix Todd Haley’s broken offense, a contrite Hue Jackson sought to dispel the image of infighting with the offensive coordinator.

“It can be frustrating to be so close so many times and not come away with a win,” Jackson said. “As a coach, I have to be careful of not being too frustrated, too, when you see things and you want them to happen faster than maybe they are.”

To be fair, Jackson never said he would take over play-calling from Haley. But his post-game comments were interpreted as an embattled head coach throwing his offensive coordinator under the bus to save his own job.

“I think that when you are a 1-31 coach from a year ago, everybody is going to take it as I am passing the buck,” Jackson asserted. “People are going to feel the way that they feel. I am human just like anybody else, and I want to win. All I said – people can go back and look – is that I want to help.

“I want to be more involved in the offense. It is something that I know how to do. It is something that I have done in my career. I want to assist. If there is an issue that I can help as a head coach, I would think that is something that you do. I did not feel like I said anything wrong. People can spin it, turn it, say it …”

Ever since Haley was hired in January, questions were raised as to whether GM John Dorsey forced Haley on Jackson. The scene in Hard Knocks of Jackson and Haley disagreeing over Jackson’s training camp regimen furthered the narrative that the two coaches were headed on a collision path.

The fact that Haley is seen as the most likely choice as an interim coach if the Browns pull the plug on the Jackson era adds to the controversy.

“No, it was not mandated to me,” Jackson said of the hiring of Haley. “When I decided to bring Todd here, I made a commitment that he would have total autonomy of the offense. I do not think that you hire a coordinator and put him in that position when you are an offensive head coach to dabble in what that person is doing. That is that decision that I made.

“Obviously, the guy has been extremely good at what he has done. His reputation precedes him. I think he is doing some things extremely well here right now. We just have to get the offense moving to where he wants it and where I want it as we continue to move forward so that we are playing all four quarters and maybe not two and a half. That is all that we are saying.

“The question was, has he been calling plays? Yes, he has been calling the plays. He has had my full support that way, and I will continue to support him in that way.”

Not feeling it: Jackson’s post-game address in Tampa also was seen as evidence that the pressure of a season going off the track was getting to the coach.

Calm and collected the next day, Jackson said that was not the case.

“I do not feel any extra pressure of, ‘Boy, Hue, you better win or else,’” Jackson said. “I have never felt that since I have been here. I am trying to do the best job that I can with the staff and with the players, and we have to find a way to win some games. That is just the nature of the business.”

Asked if he still feels the support of Dee and Jimmy Haslam, and Dorsey, Jackson answered, “No doubt. No doubt. No question.”

Asked for the source of his confidence of their support, Jackson said, “Conversations. Conversations.”

Dr. Chubb and Mr. Hyde: Jackson gave some insight on the background of the surprise trade of running back Carlos Hyde to Jacksonville for a fifth-round pick.

The coach said it was unfortunate it happened so late in the week – Hyde was in the game plan as the team’s starting running back, Jackson said – and indicated Jacksonville pressed for the trade.

“That is not an easy decision to make, but the way it came down – what Jacksonville’s needs were, what they were willing to do for us, our roster, the players that we had at the position – you know how some of these things go. It is either take it or leave it,” Jackson said. “I think we felt very good about the situation that we were in so we made the decision. I do not think that there was anything wrong with that.”

Nick Chubb, the beneficiary of the trade, helped ease the shock of the trade when he rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.

Chubb said the trade of Hyde was “a shock to everyone here.”

“We had no idea that it was happening,” Chubb said. “I know for me personally, I was enjoying playing with him and learning from him. He taught me so much in just the time we were here. No one saw it coming. It is what it is. Have to keep moving forward.”