"Phillip "Phil" 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 executive director for the Senior Bowl.

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He may ultimately be the safest pick in the draft. This guy's a football player. I suspect he'll go very early, and the team that gets him will be fortunate.

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We could pick him, we could pass him or we could wait for the phone to ring.

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Anytime you give up a future No. 1, it really takes away from the following year.

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We talked to him, visited with him. We felt good about it. It was positive and we're going to go through these next few weeks and see where we are and talk to him and talk to his agent about some ideas that we may have.

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We can capitalize on the feeling that people have about the Browns with a solid draft.

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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.

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To make a quantum leap from No. 12 to four or five, you are giving away your draft. Plus, the money is so great up there in that top five or six. I don't think we want to go down that path again. We did that last summer and we don't want to go back to it again.

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There are other ways to get up there to get him.

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You don't want to get caught with your pants down in the draft.

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