Former Browns coach Hue Jackson implies he was paid to lose games
The fallout from Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL is beginning to snowball as a former coach joined him in suggesting he was paid to lose games on purpose.
Hue Jackson, formerly head coach of the Cleveland Browns, is now implying Browns owner Jimmy Haslam paid him extra for the team to lose. After saying on Twitter that Haslam was "happy" with the team losing, Jackson followed up a response by saying he was offered a "good number" for the team to lose.
The Browns went 1-31 over Jackson's first two seasons in Cleveland, including an infamous 0-16 record in 2017. He was relieved of his coaching duties in 2018 after the team got off to a 2-5-1 start.
CBS Sports reminds us this isn't the first time in recent history Jackson has insinuated Haslam paid him to lose games on purpose, doing so in a series of veiled tweets that started after the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game on January 30.
Jackson's comments follow former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filing a bombshell lawsuit on Tuesday which includes claims that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered him upwards of $100,000 to purposely lose games during the 2019 season in order to have better positioning in the upcoming draft.
As ProFootballTalk points out, Flores' suit was filed as a class action, which allows other parties to join the litigation. While no one else has been mentioned by name, Flores reportedly has other former coaches in addition to Jackson joining his cause.
The NFL issued a statement Monday Tuesday afternoon in response to the lawsuit, saying Flores' claims are "without merit."
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