Philadelphia Eagles debate table: Could Ron Rivera land with an NFC East rival?

CHARLOTTE, NC - AUGUST 17: Head coach Ron Rivera of the Carolina Panthers looks on against the Miami Dolphins during the game at Bank of America Stadium on August 17, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - AUGUST 17: Head coach Ron Rivera of the Carolina Panthers looks on against the Miami Dolphins during the game at Bank of America Stadium on August 17, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 13: Odell Beckham #13 celebrates with Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns after Mayfield ran in a touchdown during the first quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at FirstEnergy Stadium on October 13, 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 13: Odell Beckham #13 celebrates with Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns after Mayfield ran in a touchdown during the first quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at FirstEnergy Stadium on October 13, 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) /

1. The argument for and against the Cleveland Browns.

Naturally, all of this is contingent on this team moving on from Freddie Kitchens, a very real possibility. Let’s start with the negatives. Here’s an undisciplined team with an overrated quarterback and a diva wide receiver. This is also a franchise that makes people throw words around like ‘snakebitten franchise’ and ‘curse’.

The positives are actually the same as some of the negatives. What would Baker Mayfield be with a coach to reel him in and with better coordinators? With all of the talent that the Cleveland Browns have, what if there was a calming influence that could reel Odell Beckham Jr. in or make Myles Garrett think twice about slapping someone with a helmet?

We know the Browns have a running game, and that’s something that will make Rivera interested. So should the fact that the AFC isn’t the gauntlet that the NFC is. There’s a higher chance of winning and winning more quickly. Then again, he’d also have Lamar Jackson in his division.

Cleveland has ballers everywhere. The question is, after all of those years with Cam Newton, how interested would Rivera be in coaching another diva quarterback and a diva wide receiver?

You know, the longer that this goes on, this just seems like a really bad idea for Rivera or anybody else.