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The Cleveland Browns have a new head coach, Romeo Crennel...

Browns president John Collins called Crennel "about two minutes" after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles to offer him his first head coaching job. "He has accepted"...

Crennel's move to Cleveland is no surprise. It had been expected for weeks, and was only delayed because the Browns weren't allowed to have contact with the 24-year NFL coaching veteran while the Patriots were still playing... [Fox]

Now if the parties had been able to discuss terms of this multi-year, multi-million dollar contract while the Pats were still playing, they might have reached a deal rather more expeditiously...