WATCH : Browns Fire Head Of Personnel Sashi Brown; Coach Hue Jackson to Stay.
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Date: 07/12/2017

Browns fire head of personnel Sashi Brown; coach Hue Jackson to stay.


Sashi Brown Fired by Browns as Executive VP, Hue Jackson to Remain as Head Coach.


Browns Fire Head of Football Ops Sashi Brown After Less Than Two Years.


The Browns fired executive vice president Sashi Brown, the man who headed Cleveland's personnel department the past two years, on Thursday.

Head coach Hue Jackson will remain on the job and will return for the 2018 season, "but we feel it is necessary to take significant steps to strengthen our personnel department," owner Jimmy Haslam said in a statement.

Other front-office members also are expected to be let go as the team reshapes its front office again, sources told ESPN.

Cleveland immediately will begin its official search for a new general manager, its ninth since the franchise returned to its city in 1999, though it quietly has been inquiring about others around the league for weeks now, per sources.


"We have great appreciation and gratitude for Sashi's commitment and leadership to our organization but believe transitioning to someone with strong experience and success in drafting and building consistently winning football teams is critical to the future of the Cleveland Browns," Haslam said in the statement.

The Browns, 0-12 this season, were 1-27 with Brown in control of personnel.

Brown leaves a Cleveland team that traded away the picks that became Carson Wentz and Deshaun Watson, but also an organization that has stockpiled picks for future drafts and created more salary-cap space than any team in the league.

This team actually is well positioned for future years, many NFL executives have noted recently. Whoever takes over inherits some of the riches that Brown helped build.

The Browns have six extra picks in April's draft -- an extra first-, two extra second-round picks, an extra fourth-round pick, an extra fifth-round pick. Right now, the Browns also have $59.25 million cap space this year that they can roll over into next year, when they already are scheduled to have another $38.6 million of room, giving them almost $100 million in salary cap space.

"The 2018 draft and offseason is pivotal for our franchise, we need to ensure that we maximize our opportunity for success; with our picks, free agency and building our roster," Haslam said in the statement.