9 things we learned from Week 16’s Sunday of the 2019 NFL season

One coach should be fired. One officiating crew needs to be suspended. And, playoff permutations! Here are 9 things we learned in Week 16.

The Browns are, once again, an inelegant mess.

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We’re past the point where we’re talking about the Browns as an overhyped disappointment — even those who didn’t buy into the whole “This is their year” thing have to be a bit shocked by the extent to which this team has fallen off a cliff in 2019. They were 2-6 at the season’s halfway point, and though they managed to turn things around a bit to get to 6-9, Sunday’s 31-15 loss to the Ravens was yet another embarrassment for a team that lacks any manner of discipline and consistency. Once again, Freddie Kitchens fell victim to weird clock management, ineffective play-calling, and his own players berating him on the sideline.

As for quarterback Baker Mayfield? Safe to say, the bloom is off the rose.