Saban Headed To Cleveland
By: Josh Rultenberg
Updated: December 11, 2012
*From Boston Globe Report*
As another branch of the Bill Belichick tree looks as though it will be splintered in Kansas City, where Scott Pioli is enduring a 2-10 season, could another be reviving in Cleveland, where it all started?
There have been a lot of rumors around the Browns that NFL Network analyst Michael Lombardi could be the next general manager should new team president Joe Banner and owner Jimmy Haslam decide to make a switch after the season.
According to two NFL sources, there is indeed fire behind that smoke.
Tom Heckert was hired in 2010 by then-president Mike Holmgren to transform the franchise. While it hasn't exactly shown up in wins and losses yet -- the Browns are 4-8 after going 5-11 in 2010 and 4-12 in 2011 -- Heckert has done a nice job in the last two drafts to get some much-needed building blocks.
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