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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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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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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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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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.
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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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He's athletic enough he could play another position other than nose. He could play end for us.
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We felt like we made a lot of strides and are beginning to put some things in place that are going to help us become a winning team. We know we have a long way to go. Being in a tough division with Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cincinnati will elevate our play and elevate our standards. In order for us to compete in our own division, we're going to have to get a lot better and a lot quicker.
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We are pleased to have Andra back. We feel he is a key piece in our defense and will continue to be as we build toward the future.
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We've spent a lot of time with Jay Cutler. We feel comfortable with him.
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Reggie has a lot of talent. In my opinion, with Reggie Bush, more could be less and less could be more.
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I think that's part of the criticism the previous group had taken. They didn't acknowledge that Ohio football's pretty good.
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I think he can move over and play the left side, but that's something we'll have to determine this spring. But I think he'll be able to do that.
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I'm still general manager of the Browns. We won and I'm excited about that.