Freddie Kitchens had to go, but any analysis that his hiring was always bound for disaster is the worst kind of 20/20 hindsight. The Browns fell for Kitchens because Baker Mayfield fell for Kitchens, and -- when the time came to pick a permanent replacement for Hue Jackson -- Mayfield was fresh off one of the better debut seasons by a rookie quarterback in recent NFL history. Should the Browns have rebooted the whole staff? Should they have kept interim coach Gregg Williams, leaving Kitchens in an assistant-coach role he proved to be far more qualified for? Perhaps. In retrospect, promoting Kitchens was a massive risk, one that was amplified when the Odell Beckham Jr. circus came to town via a mega-trade that shot expectations through the roof. The Browns will take a more calculated route this time around, but I can't kill them for following an instinct ... even if it turned out to be the wrong one.