CLEVELAND: Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is approaching the organization’s eternal search for a franchise quarterback with the following mindset: In coach Hue Jackson we trust.
After the Browns passed on opportunities last month to draft two quarterbacks in the first round -- North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz and Memphis’ Paxton Lynch -- and instead bet on reclamation-project Robert Griffin III and Southern California’s Cody Kessler in the third round, Jackson said, “You’ve got to trust me on this one.”
Haslam insisted Monday he’s obliging because Jackson’s “track record’s been pretty good” with quarterbacks. The list of former pupils includes Carson Palmer, Joe Flacco, Jason Campbell and Andy Dalton.