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The Browns have run through a lot of coaches since returning to the league in 1999 and all of them have had moments where they’ve had to react to poor performances by their teams.

Hue Jackson got his first chance to do so after Friday night’s 30-13 loss to the Buccaneers that saw Cleveland struggle with just about everything outside of deep passes to Josh Gordon. Jackson said that the outing, which saw Robert Griffin III sacked five times while the defense was allowing 259 passing yards in the first half, is part of the growing pains that the team has to go through.

“All of a sudden the sky is falling?” Jackson said, via ESPN.com. “I don’t see that. I don’t think the sky is falling at all. I think what you see is a young football team that you’re going to see some of that [struggle], especially early until they get well grounded. I think, like I said, there were some good things, and obviously there were some things that were concerning. We got to continue to work at it. I never said we’d be a juggernaut today, or yesterday.”

Expecting the Browns to go from zero to 60 overnight would be foolish and their emphasis on collecting draft picks while clearing out unwanted holdovers from the roster makes it clear they aren’t planning on a quick fix. Signs of progress will be needed at some point, however, and there weren’t many on Friday night.