Expectations for the Cleveland Browns’ Offense

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Published: May 14, 2009

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... exercise in futility, something the Browns were all too familiar with last season.

There's plenty of new personnel and an entirely new coaching staff. Most importantly, there will be a new playbook that takes over for jettisoned head coach Romeo Crennel's— the one that failed to produce a touchdown by the offense over the final six games of 2008.

Looking at new head coach Eric Mangini's tendencies and the players he's brought into the fold since being hired in January, it becomes a little easier to envision what this year's Browns will look like on the field.

Mangini, like his predecessor in Cleveland, is another disciple of Bill Belichick. Yet his coaching style and philosophies are far more similar to Belichick's than Crennel's ever were.

To a fault, Crennel was thought of as a players' coach. Under his guidance, there was a general lack of discipline and accountability surrounding the team that inevitably led to a miserable 4-12 finish to...

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