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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When you're carrying it 20 or 25 times a game for 16 games, I think that's almost impossible for somebody (his size) to do.
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We definitely want that first pick to solve one need.
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We definitely wanted to make this happen. We feel like we've made a real nice statement to the rest of the league and to our fans that, hey, we're serious about wanting to win.
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We definitely wanted to make this happen today.
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We do feel like we'll be active this year if certain players are available. If they all disappear on us, obviously we'll have to go to Plan B, Plan C and Plan D. And we'll be fairly disappointed if we're not able to make a couple moves pretty early.
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There are other ways to get up there to get him.
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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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If those players were still here performing and producing, I wouldn't be here. But those errors were made, and that's a situation we have to get fixed.
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If we move two or three spots, that would be one thing, but I can't see us moving into the top five. One of those players would really have to fall out of it and end up at No. 9 or 10.
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He seemed like a class A-type of kid. You can tell he's kind of a power-packed body type. I think the question for us is where does he fit in a 3-4 defense? You don't know if he's an outside 'backer, an end, an inside 'backer or a pass rusher.
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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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He's going to be a very good left tackle in this league. He might be a dominating pass protector, but he has some room to improve in the run-blocking area.
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He is a very solid player on the field and equally as dependable off of it. He is the true epitome of a professional football player.