After Hue Jackson made a point of saying Josh Gordon would not start at wide receiver during the week, there was No. 12 on the field with the starters when the Browns offense. When asked about this oddity in his postgame press conference following Cleveland’s Week 1 tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Browns head coach bemusedly tried to explain what happened.

“The personnel group got him out there,” Jackson responded, clearly not happy. “The personnel group got him out there in the first play. I saw it just like you did. Not what I wanted, but we will get through that, too.”

If it seems odd to you that the head coach wouldn’t have control over who is on the field for the team’s first offensive snap, you’re not alone. Oh to be a fly on the wall of Jackson’s conversation with offensive coordinator Todd Haley about this…