Holmgren-Heckert Press Conference Vague, But Not Surprising

Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert held an end-of-the-year press conference on Thursday to finally put a wrap on this season and to look forward to what should be an eventful offseason. Holmgren stressed the fact that the Browns will stay the course in the process of rebuilding what was obviously a broken, depleted roster. “The way I’m looking at it, we had to have a huge turnover on the roster, new coaching staff, new system, and all the stuff that went on in the off-season,” Holmgren said. “The difference is we’re not going to say ‘we’re 4-12 again, let’s blow everything up,’ go sign somebody here without a team around him perhaps that can support him. The difference is we’re going to stay the course, gonna do it a certain way. While this press conference was to meant to shed some light on this season and the current state of the team, some might feel frustrated by the lack of clear a...