Phil Savage
Phil Savage
Phillip Savage, Jr.is a former general manager for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was the senior vice president and general manager of the Browns from 2005 to 2008. He served as Director of Player Personnel for the Baltimore Ravens under General Manager Ozzie Newsome, a former Browns' player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, from 2003 to 2004. He was a scout for the Browns from 1993 to 1995. He is currently the...
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Either they run real fast and can't catch or they can catch, but run slow. Or there was some medical issue or character issue. A lot of times, the second round in general is a hit or miss type of round regardless of position. I do think receiver is a position where you see a number of misses in there.
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There's going to be some growing pains. But I think we'll be a hungry team. We'll make people earn the win and hopefully position ourselves to steal a couple of games.
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We know there are going to be some bumps in the road. I'd like us to be a hungry team, one that makes the other team earn whatever it gets. Hopefully, we can position ourselves to steal some games.
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It's one of your impact positions, that left tackle spot. In our eyes it's almost a skill position in terms of the abilities it takes to play out there.
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That's something we have our eyes on. It's something we're tracking. We're going to see if we can get through this week and next week and if we can get back to full strength. The secondary looked like it was one of our deeper positions coming into this thing. It has obviously taken a turn.
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There's a position or two where we might try and fake it for another year and do a combination of players at one spot. That could easily happen.
athletic position
He's athletic enough he could play another position other than nose. He could play end for us.
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We felt this decision was in the best interest of both the Browns and Ross.
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These fans already have had their hearts broken twice. They're just looking to grasp on to something positive about the Browns. Hopefully we're going to give it to them in due time, because we really got nowhere to go but up.
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There's so much emphasis placed on the combine. The main two things for us are our doctors and we can have interaction with the players. We can formally interview 60 players.
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People recognized he clearly had the team on his back and he seemed not to flinch in that situation, Some of the decisions he made, the throws he made and the overall leadership you look for in a quarterback is what I saw. You felt like he was able to excel in all those areas.
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Orlando fits the 3-4. He's a physical, inside backer. We felt we needed a guy who had more bulk. He worked out and we said we'd give him a shot.
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We could pick him, we could pass him or we could wait for the phone to ring.
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Ted defies logic, and he defies age. You can take any film from last year and watch it. He can still get the job done. He's not just huge, he can still move.