Browns owner says he trusts Jackson on Kessler

If actions speak louder than words, Jimmy Haslam doesn’t seem to be a patient man. But maybe the Browns owner has changed. Two years after paying $100,000 for a study informing his franchise to draft Teddy Bridgewater — only to have a hobo convince Haslam that Johnny Manziel was the better choice — the team drafted another quarterback.

This time, the Browns waited until the third round to take former USC Trojan Cody Kessler. But unlike seasons past, Haslam will let the men he hired to run his football team do their jobs. And that includes first-year coach Hue Jackson, who has an impressive history when it comes to developing quarterbacks.

“His track record’s been pretty good,” Haslam said of Jackson, via Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot. “You all understand as well as we do the importance of that position. You just look at the teams that are really good in the NFL and for the most part they’re really good at that position.

“I think we have a head coach who understands talent at that position but equally as important how to coach them. You’re all at practice, and he’s coaching the quarterbacks hard every day, and I think that’ll make a difference over a period of time.”

There’s also no rush to get Kessler on the …

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