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...
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.
active certain couple disappear fairly moves obviously plan players year
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.
fall move moving players three top
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.
comfort four further level move players seven three
I think the comfort level would be five, six, seven spots. I don't think you'd want to go much further than that. If we have three or four players we still really like, we could move back to 16 and still get one of them.
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.
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.
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.
added amount brings brown critical five last leadership presence tremendous willie
Willie may be the most critical Brown we've added in the last five days. He has leadership presence and professionalism. He brings a tremendous amount of credibility to our team.