Another day from the worst organization in sports

I started to write this about the failures of the Cleveland Browns to land Jimmy Garoppolo after the San Francisco 49ers acquired the Patriot backup for a second-round draft pick, only to have the Browns attempt to make a move for a lesser quarterback at a higher price and only a paperwork snafu kept a ridiculous and panicky deal from happening with a division rival.

With minutes remaining before the NFL's trade deadline, the Browns thought they had come to an agreement to trade inside the division with the Cincinnati Bengals for their backup quarterback A.J. McCarron.
McCarron, he of the few average late-season, starts in 2015, has been coveted by Hue Jackson, who coached McCarron in Cincinnati since he left, and being that the Browns QBs range from inexperienced to pop-gun armed to one-dimensional scrambler, the Browns (or at least Jackson) were interested in McCarron.

The reporting wildly varies on whom to blame for this, but the result was that a ridiculous overpay for McCarron in a 2018 2nd and 3rd round pick was avoided by the paperwork not being filed by either the Browns or the Bengals.
This organization is dysfunctional beyond belief- seemingly uninterested in Garoppolo, Hue Jackson pounding the table to overpay McCarron, botching the trade, and clearly pitting the coaching staff vs the front office- Precisely what yours truly foresaw on DAY ONE that Hue Jackson was hired!!
If the rumors (and there are plenty of different ones) are correct, Jimmy Haslem stepped in with an order to make the McCarron deal happen.
Haslem, who has a wonderful track record with quarterbacks having told his team to draft Johnny Manziel over Derek Carr, Teddy Bridgewater, and the aforementioned Garoppolo, may have decided to back Hue Jackson over Sashi Brown in this talent battle.
Considering that Jackson is a dazzling 1-23 as Browns head man, he clearly has done a fine selling job on Haslem about the incompetence of Brown, which is true, but Jackson hasn't helped himself with a set of other erratic game/personnel decisions that often border on bizarre, yet as of now, it's Jackson that appears to be winning a battle that both sides should lose.

Put aside the ridiculous aspect of an NFL front office that has been in place for two seasons botching an issue like this- that's administrative stupidity without an excuse.
Let's focus on this- Who among this bunch that values draft choices so much that they pass up premium talent on a consistent basis thought that a 2 and 3 for A.J. McCarron, who brings a below-average arm, Brent Musberger's favorite wife, and his knowledge of Hue Jackson (for whatever that's worth, if he's gone in eight games) was worthwhile?
At best, McCarron is a stopgap for the next QB and at worst, he's grilling brats with Laura Rutledge and Paul Finebaum live from Starkville Mississippi on the SEC network in three years and yet he was valued at a 2nd and 3rd rounder level?
Add to that the reported non-pursuit of Garoppolo at a cheaper price and you would have to think that the front office evaluates talent badly, Hue Jackson must too if he thinks A.J. McCarron is a potential position changer and that someone (Brown and/or Haslem) hit a panic button to get Hue Jackson's guy.
Just mind churningly bad on about every level that you can think of.

I'm not sure any of these guys deserve to survive, but I think things are turning up in Cleveland.
The screwing up of a trade this bad is a good thing besides the overpay, you know the Browns would play McCarron (they have to after that price), avoid drafting a quarterback and continue this awful train to nowhere.
The humiliation of the ridiculousness of yesterday just might be the ticket to turning this thing around.
After all, missing on Grillin' AJ, getting the silly front office removed, and maybe the coach that thought A.J. McCarron was a quarterback worth building around to go just might be the ticket to fix the most pathetic organization in pro sports...