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Holmgren/Heckert on Colt McCoy: “Sorry we didn’t get RG3. The Skins cheated. It is what it is. Um, Colt has a big ceiling. Hang in there.”

Found March 16, 2012 on Cleveland Frowns: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mike Holmgren,  Tom Heckert
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns
Mike Holmgren, via PFT: “Honestly, when [Robert Griffin III to Cleveland] didn’t happen I think there are reasons that I can’t go into right now, but there is a very close relationship between the people getting the deal done and the people who offered.  And I’m not sure anything we offered would have been good enough. We were very, very aggressive and it didn’t work,” Holmgren said during a Thursday conference call for season-ticket holders. Tom Heckert added: “We do think Colt has a big ceiling,” Heckert said. “It’s my job to get better players surrounding him. After the season, we said we have to protect him better. We have to be able to run the football, which we did at times last year. If you look at the games when we ran well and protected well, Colt played very well. Colt has proven he can play in this league. As Coach Holmgren said, another year in the system and we get him better players, he has a chance to be really good.” Which is plenty for this week. Hope everyone has ...
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