Sashi Brown Discusses Browns Tanking Remark; Views RGIII As Potential Franchise QB

Cleveland Browns Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Sashi Brown, talked to the media yesterday about the Browns organization and how he doesn’t see quarterback Robert Griffin III as a stopgap but more of a project and a potential long-term answer at the quarterback position.

To be fair to Robert, he’s young in his career in terms of his development as a quarterback,” Brown said. “We will develop him over time. He’s under contract here two years, but we don’t look at it as certainly just a two-year venture or “The external noise is coming, and we’ll be there, whether we’re successful or not. We can’t let that bother us. Anybody who knows Hue, myself, Paul, Jimmy, others in the building know that wouldn’t be a part of anything we would embrace or be part of. I appreciate that folks have never seen a strategy quite like this before, but I would hardly call it tanking. I think our guys are going to go out and compete, and we’ll let the external voices be what they are.”a week-to-week venture. This is something we’re going to have to stick by him, put the right pieces around him and help him learn how to play that position as well. So it’s not a short-term kind of look at him.

This is something we’re going to have to stick by him, put the right pieces around him and help him learn how to play that position as well. So it’s not a short-term kind of look at him.

Brown continued to talk about Griffin but also discussed the franchise as a whole and why he doesn’t think it is tanking.

The external noise is coming, and we’ll be there, whether we’re successful or not. We can’t let that bother us. Anybody who knows Hue, myself, Paul, Jimmy, others in the building know that wouldn’t be a part of anything we would embrace or be part of. I appreciate that folks have never seen a strategy quite like this before, but I would hardly call it tanking. I think our guys are going to go out and compete, and we’ll let the external voices be what they are.

Let’s just throw in what Brown said about the Eagles trade and how he feels about quarterback Carson Wentz.

I think both sides should be excited. They went out and got a quarterback that was highly touted that has a lot of ability and potential, and we were able to position ourselves to not only get a wide receiver we covet, but also acquire some additional draft picks and build for the future. As I’ve said before, it’s a decision that both franchises have to make. It was a fair trade, I think it was a good trade for both sides, and people love to judge them on the back end. The reality is you have to judge them at the time you make the decision. We felt good about it, Howie is a good friend, an excellent manager and leader of his team, and I’m excited to see what kind of player Carson develops into and what our side of the trade turns into.

As you can see, this organization believes in quarterback Robert Griffin III and Sashi Brown does NOT believe this team is tanking. It seems like a positive vibe is being sent out and that is exactly what this team needs.

Bring on the Eagles Sunday!