well, for the most part, I agree. But they've put together some very good players. Players that made the probowl in the last two years include Garret (2 time DPOY). Joel Bitonio, Amari Cooper, Njoku, JO-K, Wyatt Teller, Danzel Ward, and Jerry Juedy. They also lost, via a cheap shot, the second-best RB in the league last year in Nick Chubb.
So here's the deal. They signed Watson but he couldn't play for two years so nobody else wanted to be QB either. They knew Watson was going to play when he could. So he finally plays and he isn't any good despite playing $250m. No owners is going to allow him to sit. So he played...until he got hurt. Going into this year, they also made another big mistake. They had three OTs that were dinged up but expected to start the season. But they kept getting reinjured. Browns didn't get anyone to replace them. They finally started and then the two best LTs got seriously hurt. The backup RT got hurt too. But a few games in, Joel Bitonio got healthy. But it was too late. At that same time, they lost their starting Center. Then Watson got hurt and was done for the season. Chubb finally came back but it was too late as well. So he played a couple of games and got reinjured again. It was a complete mess and now you have what you have.
Both Pitt and CLE has no clue what to do at QB and until that is resolved, the teams aren't going anywhere.