Is It Time for the Cleveland Browns to Put Mike Pettine on the Hot Seat?

October 26, 2015   ·   Kristopher Knox   ·   Jump to comments

Sunday's 24-6 loss to the St. Louis Rams dropped the Cleveland Browns to 2-5 on the season and essentially out of an AFC North race currently commanded by the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals. 
The loss marked only the second time the Browns haven't trailed by one score or less at some point in the fourth quarter. Two of Cleveland's games have gone into overtime (one win, one loss), and against St. Louis, the Browns were down just four points shortly after halftime. 
One loss came on a last-second field goal that was only achieved after cornerback Tramon Williams was called offsides on an earlier miss (and let's be honest, it certainly didn't appear he was offsides). 
This is a pattern of play that seems indicative of a team that is close to contention but is not quite there. In other words, the Browns resemble a talented team that just cannot seem to do the little things right.
When the little things are killing your team, you're often looking at a coac...

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