Browns tight end David Njoku joined Rich Eisen for the host’s namesake show. And the young TE did not mince words when the topic of former Browns coach Hue Jackson came up.
Njoku described how Jackson’s bitter words upon his firing unified the Browns, who rallied for a 5-2 record down the stretch after starting with a dismal 2-6-1 record largely under Jackson.
“Well, obviously we weren’t happy with what Hue said about us after he left. It is what it is,” Njoku stated. “Baker [Mayfield] didn’t appreciate it. We came together after Hue left and took it upon ourselves to work extra hard to finish the year strong. … Baker has a voice, as we all do, and he didn’t appreciate what happened. It’s not like we’re robots. We felt, in a way, disrespected. It is what it is.”
Njoku’s words go in hand with how Mayfield, Damarious Randall and other Browns have expressed themselves on Jackson and his coaching. Jackson’s self-induglent, detached-from-reality media tour after his firing bothered the players as much as it did the fans who suffered through his inept coaching.
