Why is Hue Jackson so confident he is the solution, rather than the problem?

The Cleveland Browns continue to get worse under head coach Hue Jackson, who oddly remains confident that he is the solution rather than the problem.

The Cleveland Browns have been something else under head coach Hue Jackson.

The Browns opened the Jackson era in 2016 by scoring 10 points against the Philadelphia Eagles. Little did Browns fans know that was a true preview of what was to come.

In 31 games with Jackson ruining, oops, we mean running the offense, the Browns have only scored more than 20 points nine times — and they needed overtime on three occasions to break 20 points.

After scoring just 264 points last season, the team’s lowest total since 2001, the Browns have only scored 210 points this season. If they don’t put up more than seven points in Sunday’s season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Browns will finish the season with fewer points than they scored in their expansion season of 1999.

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The quarterback position, which was supposed to be Jackson’s bailiwick, is as much of a mess as it has ever been. After botching the situation in 2016 by signing Robert Griffin III after a workout that “made the earth move,” Jackson has found a way to make it worse this year with rookie DeShone Kizer.

Rather than create an offense built on running the ball — something the Browns actually do well when they give it a try – Jackson has called 544 pass plays, the eighth-highest total in the league, despite having a group of quarterbacks who are 32nd in completion percentage.

Jackson also has spent every available to throw the front office and his players under the bus as he seems to put in more work deflecting blame than he does in trying to improve the team.

And, in perhaps the most mind-numbing stat of all, Jackson has figured out a way to lose 30 of the 31 games he has been in charge. That 1-30 mark is the worst to start a coaching tenure in the 97-year history of the NFL.

In a nutshell, the Browns have continued to get worse on a weekly basis under Jackson.

Despite all that Jackson has remained surprisingly confident about his continued employment with the Browns. Every week the Browns lose, Jackson makes numerous questionable conditions, and then he talks about how things will get better someday. His post-game press conference after Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bears was more of the same, according to ESPN:

"“I just know without question that we are going to get this fixed. I was able to look right in certain people’s eyes right after the game, right in our locker room, and I know we’re going to get this fixed. It’s just hard going through it.”"

In 40-plus years as a Browns fan we’ve lived through 13 full-time head coaches, and with the exception of Sam Rutigliano and Marty Schottenheimer, they have all failed in their own way. But none have failed as spectacularly as Jackson. And none have shown his mix of arrogance and confidence that everything will work out, just as long as everyone gets out of his way.

In its own way it is kind of impressive, but is still puzzling when you consider that Jackson has a career winning percentage of .191 and has only won two games as a head coach since Nov. 27, 2011.

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Of course, nothing has made much sense since Jackson took over the Browns, so the fact that he still thinks he is the solution rather than the cause of the problem shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.