Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome Jr.is a former American football tight end for the Cleveland Browns, an inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens...
four guy philosophy
I look more -- and this is part of my philosophy -- at what a guy will be doing in years three, four and five.
direction fourth high riding winning
When you're riding high on a three-game winning streak, if you don't play well that fourth game, you can get your butt beat. And then things can go in the other direction for a while.
build focused four guess move players quickly san
I guess you've got to look at it like it's college. After four years or so, the players have to move on in this system. But we think we can do it again. We think we can build it back up. Look at San Francisco. It can come back around very quickly in this league. That's what we're focused on.
chance football four hit national perform player
If you hit on four of those five, there is a big chance that that player is going to perform well in the National Football League.
contract dealing excited expect hanging rebounds season tough turmoil
We are so excited to have Jamal back. If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him.
three
You have to look at it in three different phases,
coach head team
Expectations are there for this team to do well. They are there from the owner, myself, the head coach and his staff, and the players. Now, can we live up to the expectations?
cap deal deals guy legitimate lewis low michael number option ray structure year
We did a legitimate cap-friendly deal with a low cap number in the first year ($1.5 million), ... We got the guy we wanted and it's a five-year deal. It's the same kind of option deals that we have with Ray Lewis , Michael McCrary and Jermaine Lewis . ... We just have had to structure some deals that way for cap reasons.
browns cleveland moving unheard
Moving the Cleveland Browns was just unheard of,
add
I was scrawny. Now as a GM, I understand. He wanted to see if I could add weight.
hold
Yes, it did. But I was not able to get a hold of Joel.
against best felt game
I was going against one of the best linebackers in the game and he felt the same way.
again goes parity
It goes again to the parity of the league,
board everybody
Our board has been set pretty much, and everybody is in accord,