The Giants announced on Thursday morning that offensive coordinator Jason Garrett tested positive for COVID-19 and that he would work remotely for Sunday’s game against the Browns. The Giants released a statement on Thursday morning saying they were working closely with the league, but didn’t believe there were any high-risk close contacts.
Hopefully Garrett isn’t too affected by COVID-19 and is able to get back on his feet sooner rather than later. However, this does open the door for an interesting “revenge” game between a certain coach on the Giants and his former team, the Browns.
That’s right, the Freddie Kitchens revenge game everyone has been waiting for. Kitchens, who is currently the tight ends coach for the Browns, will be calling plays for the Giants on Sunday while Garrett is out. Kitchens lasted just one full season as the Browns head coach, going 6-10 after he led Baker Mayfield to the most efficient stretch of his career during the back half of the 2018 season as the Browns’ interim offensive coordinator.
The Browns are definitely better off with Kevin Stefanski, who currently has the team sitting at 9-4 and poised to make the playoffs for the first time since 2002 (!!!!!!!!!!), but that doesn’t mean Kitchens can’t try to inflict some good old fashioned revenge on his former squad.
And he might not be alone with his unquenchable, unspoken thirst for revenge. Since Giants starting quarterback Daniel Jones is dealing with shoulder and hamstring injuries, backup Colt McCoy may get a chance to start on Sunday.
Guess what team drafted McCoy back in 2010? That’s right. The Cleveland Browns. Weirdly enough, McCoy actually had a decent rookie season for the Browns before things fell apart for him. He averaged 7.1 yards per attempt that seasson, which was higher than Peyton Manning (6.9), Drew Brees (7.0), and Brett Favre (7.0).
How dare they get rid of a young prodigy like that. It’s time for McCoy show the Browns that they were wrong to get rid of him, even if it was a decade later.
Browns, be scared. Kitchens and McCoy are coming for you.