The Cleveland Browns absolutely should be in reflection mode. Reflection mode about everything that went wrong this season, and whatever they can do to promote health and safety within the organization.

Now, some of that is silly reflection, like how to avoid injuries – to an extent.

The Browns have been plagued by injuries all season long, going back to training camp, and that’s affected their ability to be competitive all year. But so have other teams in the league, who have continued to find fill-in players through trades and free agency and have remained competitive. See the Kansas City Chiefs.

Maybe the biggest injury to strike the Browns this season is quarterback Deshaun Watson, who once again, is lost for the season – further contributing to the theory that the trade that brought him to Cleveland is one of the worst in history.

But the guy who facilitated the trade, Cleveland general manager Andrew Berry, has yet to concede anything close to that.

“I’m really not in reflection mode,” Berry told reporters. “[I]t’s not really my focus at this point in the year. Our focus is really on finishing out the 2024 season, having the team play at a higher level, and then kind of we’ll get to those maybe longer term or big picture reflections at a later point in time.”

Berry won’t even acknowledge if the trade was his idea or if it came from higher up in the organization.

“Like we’ve always said, all of us were on board,” Berry said. “Everyone’s on board and obviously with a big commitment in that regard, that’s always going to be the case.”