(Opening statement)- “Good afternoon everybody. How are we doing? I would just like to say, I that know that there was an incident reported with Braylon Edwards and it is something I am aware of, something I spoke to Braylon about. Personal conduct is very important to me. I always want our players to put themselves in the most positive positions. This is something that I’ll continue to gather information on. Right now, I really have nothing else to add to that.

“In terms of the game yesterday, what I told the players is I was disappointed for them with the result, because they played the way that I’m looking for them to play. There wasn’t a player in the room that I was disappointed in. We didn’t get the outcome that we wanted, but I thought there were real strides in terms of what we’re looking for and how we play Browns football, the intensity, the selflessness, everybody trying to contribute in any way that they can. You saw great examples of that throughout the game, the receivers blocking down the field, guys like Mike Furrey playing offense, then moving over playing some safety, playing some in the slot, Mike Adams playing corner, playing star, playing safety, guys playing multiple roles on special teams. I didn’t think that there was any point in the game where we weren’t playing complementary football, where we weren’t supporting each other as much as possibly could be done throughout the course of it. It’s something that as we continue to work, as this process continues to go on, if we do those things and we improve on the things we haven’t done very well, which I thought there was improvement throughout this week, these close games will change. Things will change. I thought we made a real stride in understanding how to play Browns football and what we’re looking for each week. Now, it’s a function of going out having the same type of week of practice and having the same type of performance in the game with the areas where we need to improve, improved upon and the outcome will be different. There were a lot of things that I was really encouraged by and I think that we made some real strides. Nobody’s happy with the end result, nobody’s happy with where we are, but it is a process and I thought we made some strides in that process.”

(On Braylon Edward’s disposition when they spoke this morning)- “Nobody wants to be in any situation but a positive situation. It’s something we talked about and really, like I said, I’m still gathering information and that’s really all I have to add at this time.”

(On what prompted his change in approach last week)- “As I get to know the players and the players get to know me, the communication continues to grow. That’s something that’s very important to me. I’ve always enjoyed listening to the player’s feedback. You get a lot of good ideas. Them understanding that the door is always open. That’s a part of the process too, is us understanding each other more and more. There are some things that we changed and I thought they were effective. I’ll look at them this week and be open to new ideas the whole time we go. That’s not just in terms of the schedule, or the pads or any of those things. It could be defensive feedback on some of the stuff we’re doing. It could be D.A.’s (Derek Anderson) feedback on the plays that he likes. It could be the receivers’ input on the plays that they like. Everybody’s working together for the same end goal. It’s never going to be, ‘This is what we’re doing. That’s it. There’s no give.’ That’s never how it’s going to be. That wasn’t how it was in New York. That wasn’t how it was when I was a defensive coordinator or a defensive back coach. It’s all of us together trying to figure out the best way for us to proceed. I think as we continue to learn about each other and understand each other better, that continues to improve.”

(On if his change in approach runs contrary to the perceived image of him)- “I don’t know, does it? (joking). I’m really confident in the relationships I’ve had with players. You see a guy like Laveranues Coles and he’s a guy that texts me maybe once a week. ‘Hey, how are you doing? How are things going?’ That relationship didn’t start off in the greatest place, but once we understood each other and once he understood what I believed in and I understood where he was coming from and you break down some of those walls, everybody realizes it’s all about winning. Everything is about winning. There’s no agenda besides that. We all share that passion. Everybody here shares the same passion. Now it’s just a function of what’s the best way to get to that. L.C.’s probably one of my best examples of that, but there’s been plenty of those guys. I remember Lawyer Milloy, when I was first a DB coach, there were times where I didn’t know where he was coming from at all and I’m sure he didn’t know where I was coming from at all. Finally I said, ‘We need to sit down and talk about this.’ He kind of explained his process of going through the week and I got it and I explained my process going through the week and he got it. Then it was, he took Julie and I to the Pro Bowl, invited us to his wedding. Sometimes you just have to get past a couple initial roadblocks and see where the other person is coming from and understand that everybody wants the same thing.”

(On if it is discouraging to have a good week then have to deal with a personal conduct incident)- “I don’t want to ever walk about here, whether we’re 16-0 or 0-4, anytime, and ever talk about our players in any way besides the most positive light. The players don’t want that either. The thing that I love talking about is how much they’re doing in the community, who they’re helping, how they’re playing, all those positive things. That’s what they want too. Sometimes things happen and you address them and you work to find out the best course of action. The important thing for all of us is to be the best Cleveland Browns we can be. That’s on the field and that’s in the community and that’s in every way possible.”

(On how Mohamed Massaquoi conducted himself yesterday)- “I told him he put his big boy pants on yesterday. It was great. It was great to see. Those are things that I’ve seen throughout the course of OTAs and mini-camps and training camps. He just keeps working at it. Every guy kind of hits their stride at different times. Every guy gets their opportunities at different times, the key thing is when you get them, you take advantage of them. I thought he did a nice job taking advantage of his opportunities yesterday. I thought there were other guys too. Chris Jennings was on the practice squad until Saturday. His first carry, there’s a guy in the backfield, he makes the guy miss, picks up eight yards. He plays some plays after that, catches a pass. That’s great and that’s what you’re looking for is, ‘Okay, I’ve got this chance.’ Mike Furrey, his first opportunity on defense, he breaks up a pass in overtime. All those things are positive.”

(On if there is a team policy on how he handles off the field incidents)- “I really do understand the questions, but you look at each situation differently and you evaluate it. Everyone is different. I can say that conduct is important to me, to us, to the players. It’s important today, it’ll be important tomorrow, but each situation is different. The important thing is going through the process and seeing where you are.”

(On if he felt like he needed to loosen up with the team)- “I guess it depends on who you talk to in terms of how loose I am. My wife thinks I’m pretty funny. I mean, I got her to marry me. I’m sure some of her ex-boyfriends think that’s pretty funny. I just try to be who I am and not try to be anybody else. I guess I didn’t even realize it was that much different than it had been, but I’ll take your word for it.”

(On seeming more engaged during the game)- “It was fun to see the progress. As a coach, that’s always exciting. When concepts hit, when things hit, it’s exciting. It’s fun. It’s a great part of this profession.”

(On if the score of the game had to do with him smiling)- “Getting off the field on third down always makes me happy, defensively, not offensively. I didn’t consciously say, ‘Okay, I’m going to be this way or that way.’”

(On Jerome Harrison)- “I thought he had some really nice cuts. I thought he had some nice reads in the hole. There were a couple I thought he could have done some things a little differently. I’m sure through the corrections, and things like that, he’s seeing as well. I thought it was nice for him to have his first 100-yard game. Really, the blocking by the offensive line, against a very good defensive team, against a very good defensive front, I thought they did a nice job, with their combination blocks, getting movement. The blocking by the receivers, there were three or four different plays where the run would have been just three yards or two yards, but the receivers did an excellent job on the perimeter and that sprang the run for more.”

(On what they could have done differently on the Carson Palmer scramble)- “We got a little bit widened in one lane. We were in man-to-man coverage and that’s always the chance you take. If a seam opens up and a guy’s able to get through, there’s not another line of defense, because everybody else is committed into the coverage. You’re always trying to maintain the perimeter of the defense, so you can’t break contain, either left or right, and also, keep the holes internally as tight as possible. He just got a little bit of width there and he took off. Once you broke through that first line, there wasn’t much left.”

(On if there was a four-man rush on the scramble)- “Yes.”

(On how much of yesterday’s team play had to do with Derek Anderson’s play)- “I think yesterday had to do with the way all three sides played. I thought the special teams, great job. The return game, working on those things, just adjusting a little bit of leverage on some of those blocks made a huge difference to the size of the hole that Josh (Cribbs) had. It was a nice play that Jerome had leading up on the kicker. You never get to the kicker if things are closing in quickly, but he did, he got it. That pushed it another 15, 20 yards, until he got to the backside safety. Blocking a field goal, then blocking an extra point. The coverage, that’s an excellent punt returner. They were one of the top in the league in punt return yards. The way that those guys leveraged them and kept them contained, where, in some of the previous weeks for the most part it was good, but there’s one crease and it’s not coordinated and suddenly it goes for a long way. I thought the team did a nice job forcing the fumble like they did, really outstanding.”

(On if Anderson’s energy was contagious to the other players)- “I think it always helps when you’re able to do positive things in each one of the phases and it feeds off each other. At one point, we were down 14-0. There’s another great lesson that you see, it doesn’t really matter. It doesn’t matter. It’s 14-0. At that point of the game, it doesn’t matter. What matters is the kickoff return, the next drive. That’s going to happen throughout the course of the year, there’s going to be issues, there’s going to be problems. It’s how you deal with it that’s so important. That’s what’s satisfying from a coaching perspective is, we were in that spot and we dealt with it the right way, with a sense of calm, a sense of calm combined with urgency, because you need them both, and responded well.”

(On Brodney Pool)- “He’s made other plays throughout the course of the year and I’ve seen him make plays before. He’s made plays, unfortunately, against teams that I was with that I wish he hadn’t made at that point. He has good range. I think he had a good read on the quarterback a couple different times. I’m sure he’ll tell you he’s a little frustrated. He probably thought he had another pick there at one point on the sideline and it just got away from him. He has that ability each week. As he continues to understand the defense better, as he understands all those different things, I think he has the potential to keep making plays like that.”

(On if Pool was allowed to wander in the backfield more)- “It really depended on the play, Terry (Pluto). Some he had to be in the middle of the field, some he was more of a half-field safety. I thought he did a nice job, though, reading the quarterback. Like we talked about in here before, when you can anticipate where it’s going, it looks like you’re getting there a lot faster than you normally would be. I thought that was a good thing that he did yesterday.”

(On if there is a lot of upside potential with Derek Anderson)- “I thought he played really well. I thought he played well in terms of managing the game. I thought there were some times where he checked a few things and got us into a good play. Really, an outstanding throw on third-and-two, the one to Massaquoi, that got us down to the one-yard line. The play I’m sure he wants back is the interception.”

(On what happened on Anderson’s interception)- “I think the throw just got away from him, more so than anything else. I thought there were some outstanding reads as well. He worked extremely hard all week, spending not just the normal time with Carl (Smith) and Brian (Daboll), but extra time. I think it paid off for him.”

(On if he feels set at quarterback for a while)- “I felt really good about what he did yesterday.”

(On Anderson not being seen as a finisher)- “I sensed poise throughout the whole game. I sensed a real sense of calm throughout the whole game, a real determination throughout the whole game. There were some throws that he made in that overtime period that we didn’t convert on and they were good throws. Towards the end of regulation, there were some really good throws there. We were almost in a position to kick the field goal at that point. I didn’t see anything but that throughout the game.”

(On if he thinks he picked the wrong quarterback at the beginning of the season)- “You look at it when you have to make the decision and you make the decision based on the information that you have. At that point that was the decision that I made and I felt very comfortable making that decision. Each decision that you make you go on based on what you have at that point and what you feel is best at that point. As things change, decisions may change, but you are really basing it on that moment and what you have.”

(On what he means by ‘Cleveland Browns football’)- “I mean tough, smart, selfless, hardworking, all of the things that I fundamentally believe in to my core, that win games. That is important for us to do week in and week out.”

(On if his philosophy is easier to sell now that there is tangible evidence)- “I don’t know if I was ever really trying to sell it as much as I was trying to teach it. I believe in it. I’ve seen it work. I’ve seen it work time and time again. To me, it’s not about selling, it’s just about educating.”

(On if Braylon Edwards’ performance during the game contributed to the incident he was involved in)- “I can tell you Braylon, throughout the game, was like the rest of the guys. The great indication of that is was one of the blocks that he had on, I forget which linebacker it was, but he came in, dug him out, opened up the hole for J.C. (Jerome Harrison). It wasn’t about catches. It wasn’t about any of that stuff. It was just everybody trying to figure out a way to win the game. I saw that throughout the course of the game. There were times where it got a little bit tense in the game, both on their side and our side. It’s because everybody was committed to winning.”