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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There is a lot of misinformation out there at this time of year. Certain teams probably operate where they don't tell the truth. Others teams just say what it is. We probably fall somewhere in between.
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To make a quantum leap from No. 12 to four or five, you are giving away your draft. Plus, the money is so great up there in that top five or six. I don't think we want to go down that path again. We did that last summer and we don't want to go back to it again.
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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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We have some problems, and we're trying to get them fixed. You can't fix them all at once, but we're making progress.
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We feel like parts of free agency match up with what we need. Hopefully we'll get enough Plan A's and B's that we'll be better next year and we'll give Romeo and the coaches a better opportunity to coach more top-line athletes and better players and we'll be much more improved a year from now.
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You don?t win the Super Bowl in March, but you certainly prepare to win. These are three additions that will improve our team and make us better. So it?s exciting here in March, but what really matters is what happens on the first snap in September.
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We are anxious to give him the opportunity to have a focused off-season where he can emerge as a leader on offence.
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We got the deal done in about 15 minutes. He really wanted to play here.
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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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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've tried from the outset to show there's a step-by-step process to all of this. If you're in a swimming pool and the water's over your head, you're reaching with your toes to find bottom before you can push yourself up to the surface. I think at this juncture, we feel like we've certainly found bottom and now everything's in front of us.
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We definitely wanted to make this happen today.
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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 want that first pick to solve one need.