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Brownout
Winds of change could continue blowing in Cleveland
By Dan Arkush
Nov. 10, 2008

Crennel hinted there could be some lineup changes before the Browns? next game the following Monday night at Buffalo. He said the same thing after the Browns went 0-3 to start the season, and nothing happened.

But team insiders are starting to think a lot of changes could materialize if the Browns continue to stumble down the stretch, including the removal of Crennel, despite the contract extension he earned through 2011 following Cleveland?s 10-win season in ?07.

Said one league executive: ?There are too many guys that get away with murder, not practicing hard and talking back to coaches. There is a poor environment marked by a lack of respect and discipline.

?A cultural shift is needed.?

In addition, Crennel?s game-management skills and clock management (the end of the Washington game in Week Seven is a prime example) have been under fire this season. But the biggest problem by far is Cleveland?s defense, Crennel?s supposed area of expertise. The lack of pressure and faulty communication have been hard to ignore.

Said one daily team observer: ?When (the Browns? defense) faces a three-receiver grouping, they switch to their nickel defense and become a 4-3 team. You can dictate their front by the personnel grouping. When they take the big bodies off the field in their nickel package, you run the ball. When they bring the big boys back in, you throw it. They are a very reactive defense. They play defense like Romeo manages the team. It?s easy to move the ball on them.?

While even slight improvement down the stretch will probably secure Crennel?s job and put an end to the growing rumors that former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is on Browns owner Randy Lerner?s radar screen, Anderson?s future with the team appears to be on increasingly shaky ground, with a trade this offseason becoming increasingly likely.

It?s also possible, we hear, that the team may consider dealing Winslow, whose erratic play on the field and well-documented bad-mouthing of the organization regarding its handling of his staph infection off the field have left team insiders wondering just how long the Browns will be willing to put up with him.

One personnel exec told PFW that Winslow, who is signed through 2009 but has made it clear that he wants a new contract, would probably garner more than Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez would have in a trade, based on talent alone.