My guess…he’s a control freak that doesn’t let guys really run with their plans/creativity.
Add to the fact that OCs had Tom Fucking Brady for years to make their resumes really shine. Brady was probably running that offense more than most of the OCs were.
HOF is about sustained success over long periods of time imo.
Big Ben checks that box. Matt Ryan had a very solid chunk of time where he was successful, but never got over the SB hump and never regained form after that.
Philip Rivers is probably not getting in due to all the average level teams he played on.
Now, and I love it. The Browns used to be lovable losers.
Now they are the team that gave away the farm, and a fully guaranteed gigantic, franchise breaking contract for a predator.
Fuck them.
A - Browns absolutely tanked any goodwill people outside their market had towards them. Signing a known predator will do that. They went from love able losers to major villains overnight.
B - Signaled to any future QB that’s drafted that not only will you be destroyed playing here, you will be tossed away at the first opportunity (Baker Mayfield).
C - Fully guaranteed a contract for an amount that was so out of the market value, the next few contracts actually fell back in line thus proving how stupid a contract it was.
D - for all this loss of goodwill and money…they likely won’t even get a single solitary playoff appearance out of Watson.
There was zero upside to this. None. Nadda. They would have been better off riding Baler Mayfield until his arm fell off. They would have been better trying to get a 46 year old Brady out there. They would have been better trying to ritualistically summon the ghost of Johnny Unitas to try and play for them.