You think Kitchens is gone?
He never should have gotten the job in the first place, and unless the Browns somehow make the playoffs, I think he's gone. With all the ego's and characters on that team, Cleveland needs a head coach that immediately commands respect, someone who's been around and has had success, Kitchens looks like and sounds like a country bumpkin, I don't think the players have much respect for him and I think he's in over his head, he's never been a head coach before and there was a lot of pressure on him to win this year, the expectations, fairly or unfairly, were high this year, but things haven't worked out, Mayfield has taken a step back from his rookie season last year and some of that is on Kitchens. An unproven coach having to deal with massive ego's combined with high expectations was a recipe for disaster. Rivera would bring them instant credibility, he's gone to a SB and has had success, he's someone the players would respect, not saying that's the guy they should get, but he is someone I would consider. Whoever gets the job has to be someone the players will have immediate respect for, a guy with a proven track record. I would fire kitchens as soon as the season ends and go in a different direction if I were the Browns.