Jarvis Landry signals release in epic Twitter meltdown

Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry, the man who changed the culture, had an epic meltdown on Twitter. His tweets seem to also indicate his future release.  

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry tweeted his frustrations signaling the end to his time in Cleveland. The man who “changed the culture” will most likely be released in an effort to change the culture, again.

The biggest myth floating around Browns Twitter was that Jarvis Landry changed the culture. Yes, he had an epic rant on HBO’s Hard Knocks in which he repeatedly yelled “it’s contagious”.

At the time, wide receivers were dropping balls and unable to get open. In 2021, the Browns wide receivers dropped passes and were unable to get open. Not sure the change was effective.

Last season saw the drama started by Odell Beckham Jr. OBJ’s antics were an obvious distraction to the team. It was the kind of distraction that Jarvis’ culture change was supposed to prevent. But far from preventing the drama, Jarvis passive-aggressively participated in the drama through his public support of personal friend OBJ.

It was obvious at the end of the 2021 season that something needed to change. The quarterback room fought with the wide receiver room. It seems now that the quarterback room won. This first tweet on Tuesday came after his passive-aggressive video on Instagram.

Here Jarvis signals an issue by pointing out that he played 2021 injured. He is correct, he played a lot of the season injured. He deserves to be applauded for playing injured.

Sadly, he asked for accolades for playing injured while he supports his friend publicly attacking his quarterback who was also playing injured.

The OBJ and Baker Mayfield drama caught Jarvis Landry in the middle. This is a clear case where a failure to say something is an indictment itself. Jarvis kept quiet about Baker but publicly supported the man attacking him. What did he think was going to happen?

Jarvis didn’t speak to the media after games. His silence on the OBJ/Baker situation was deafening. Here we have a weak attempt to re-contextualize his lack of leadership by blaming it on an injury.

Yet, since when did injuries get someone immunity from poor leadership and poor play? Just ask OBJ. Or his dad.

Jarvis clearly embraces the role of the victim. He was injured. He played injured. He gave his all.

But, in his mind, the Browns are doing him wrong (here implying a release). Yet, he supported OBJ doing Baker wrong when he was injured. I guess double standards are the hallmark of Jarvis’ culture.

It’s hard to believe Jarvis gave everything when he sits on the sideline yelling at opposing teams to “come get me”, indicating he wanted to leave Cleveland. Other people gave everything, yet it was OK for him to undermine those people publicly.

Baker Mayfield has his flaws. He is consistently inconsistent. He doesn’t read defenses well. He runs hot and cold as a passer. Wide receivers have genuine issues with his play.

But airing those out publicly or having your dad air them out publicly is not kosher. Supporting people doing that is not kosher. If Jarvis truly changed the culture, he would have put an end to the public and private drama.

Jarvis changed the culture. The truth is, the Browns need a culture change from what Jarvis turned it in to.

Goodbye Jarvis. Good luck.