In the NFL, the average length of a player’s career is just 3.3 seasons and a head coach is 3.8 seasons. General managers can watch a job fly by in as little as three years, but it can last about eight.

When we look at the self-proclaimed “thought-partners” of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry, executive vice president of football operations and general manager, lasting six seasons is quite an accomplishment. The past few weeks have made the tandem seem out of sync to the outside world.

It started when Berry traded veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals. Stefanski said they were “surprised” by the trade. The move came after they traded veteran quarterback Kenny Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders before the start of the regular season. After the

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