Cleveland Browns Reportedly Sent Cease-And-Desist Letter To Hue Jackson

The NFL wants Hue Jackson to keep their name out of his mouth.

Former Cleveland Browns Head Coach Hue Jackson claimed he was offered money to lose games. Hue revealed this little bit of tea while responding to a tweet about Brian Flores, who himself alleges he was offered money to lose. According to Flores the Dolphins offered him money to lose games.

While Hue didn’t give out too many details, he did say Browns owner Jimmy Haslam “was happy while we kept losing” and then said “trust me it was a good number” in response to someone who said Haslam wasn’t offering $100,000 per loss.

Hue Jackson Joins Brian Flores By Saying He Was Paid To Lose Games When Coaching In NFLhttps://t.co/kYWiTlEDeO

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) February 2, 2022

The NFL announced this week that they couldn’t confirm any of Hue Jackson’s allegations that he was paid to lose.

“Following a 60-day independent review into comments made by former Cleveland head coach Hue Jackson that the Browns paid or otherwise provided incentives to lose games during the 2016-17 seasons, former U.S. Attorney and SEC Chair Mary Jo White and a team of lawyers from the Debevoise firm determined that none of the allegations could be substantiated,” the league’s statement read. “The investigation found no evidence to suggest that the Browns’ Four-Year Plan or the club’s ownership or football personnel sought to lose or incentivized losses and made no decisions deliberately to weaken the team to secure a more favorable draft position.”

Hue Jackson’s Browns Claim Leads To Another Loss https://t.co/ohQ3dEeNym

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) May 3, 2022

Apparently after Hue spouted off his claim, the NFL told him in the nicest way possible to shut the hell up. According to ProFootballTalk, Bart H. Williams of the Proskauer law firm sent the Browns a letter that demanded Jackson to “immediately cease and desist from making any further comments suggesting that anyone involved with the Browns organization sought to lose games while you where the head coach.”

After Hue Jackson chimed in on Brian Flores's claim that he was offered money to lose in 2019, Jackson got a pointed letter from a lawyer representing the Browns, with a very specific message. https://t.co/4Agp2j04za pic.twitter.com/cZiLF6xX43

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) May 4, 2022

Hue Jackson is never going to be a  head coach in the NFL again, and it has nothing to do with Cease and Desists, or claims he was paid to lose. It has everything to do with him being a very lousy head coach. His record speaks for itself.