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...
agency beginning beyond combine draft free hopefully intent team
Our intent from the beginning was to combine free agency with the draft to make us a better team for 2006 and hopefully beyond that.
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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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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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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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He adds a lot because he's been here the whole time the Browns have been back. We hopefully won't repeat the same mistakes that have been made in the past. Steve serves as a reminder of what some of those were. He's been a really valuable resource.
fix trying
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 had him rated high up there because of his athletic and football ability. But that's the cherry on top, that he is such a good person. He's an absolute A-class, first-rate person.
group serve sort
We have a group of linebackers now and we will sort through them and see which ones serve us best.
determine left move
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.
excited general manager won
I'm still general manager of the Browns. We won and I'm excited about that.
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Miami this year had an incredible team down there, ... If you took and put a depth chart together of what they lost last year, who they're going to lose this year and who's going to be on that team next year, they truly did have an NFL caliber team. There's no two ways about that.
human
Who knows? I just know that he's a very big human being.
critical foundation putting sure veterans win
We just want to make sure we're putting the foundation in place. But a lot of the veterans we have now, while they are critical to the development of our team, they want to win now. They don't just want to be babysitters.
figure
You have to figure out a way to use them. They may have to be complementary guys.