Revived Browns to feel the pressure of high expectations

Derek Anderson returns for his first full season as the Browns starting quarterback. He has a new three-year contract, but still has 2007 first-round draft pick Brady Quinn waiting behind him. "I'm hopeful that we're through the difficult part. People don't realize what a reclamation project it was ..." -- Browns GM Phil Savage on rebuilding the franchise For the first time since Cleveland rejoined the NFL in 1999, lofty expectations surround the Browns. That will happen when a franchise, after producing one winning record in the eight years since its reincarnation, makes a six-game improvement to finish 10-6 and misses the playoffs on a tiebreaker. The breakthrough was enough to convince wide receiver Braylon Edwards that the postseason and more can be well within Cleveland's grasp this time around. OFFSEASON REPORTS:... [read full story]