Report: Cleveland Browns To Make A Big Pitch For Urban Meyer

In the never boring world of the Cleveland Browns, a recent report stated that owner Jimmy Haslam would fire Mike Pettine, and offer the coaching gig, and total football authority to current Ohio State Buckeyes’ head coach Urban Meyer.In the northeast corner of the Buckeye State, Ohio State football and the Cleveland Browns go hand-in-hand. Even if you live in the greater Cleveland area and didn’t go to Ohio State, you bleed the scarlet the gray. It’s just a fact of life on the north shore. You watch the Bucks on Saturday, and the Browns on Sunday. Well get ready to have your worlds rocked. In a report from Chat Sports, author Mack Ferguson wrote Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam will fire Mike Pettine and offer his job to Meyer, which would include “the largest coaching contract in NFL history.” Just after Meyer won his third title with OSU, The Browns reached out to Meyer through “back channels,” to gauge his interest in coaching the team. But with Meyer returning to a loaded Ohio State team that was expected to repeat, he was cool to the Browns intrigue. If he said yes, the Browns would’ve fired Pettine after a 7-9 season. But now things are different. Pettine is basically a dead man walking, and Meyer is about to lose the team he won the title with to the 2016 NFl Draft…and the Browns are reportedly ready to blitz Meyer with a gigantic pitch, according to Ferguson. “… The sources have, though, been adamant that the Browns have an air of confidence that Meyer will be their man in a matter of weeks, and that the Browns are already working back channels on early contract negotiations with those closest to Meyer. Our sources tell us that Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is leading the pursuit of Meyer, and that he is prepared to give Meyer full front-office control, including the future of GM Ray Farmer.” But Ferguson makes it clear that he does not know Meyer’s thoughts on possibly running the Browns…

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