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Jimmy Haslam didn’t hire Dan Campbell because Campbell wanted to run the ball.
This source remembers when owner Jimmy Haslam and the Browns had a chance to — once and for all — build a winner. It was 2019. Hope was in the air with Mayfield entering Year No. 2. A barrel-chested badass of a coach named Dan Campbell walked through the door to interview for the Browns head-coaching position. Back then, Campbell oversaw the New Orleans Saints tight ends and was the assistant head coach to Sean Payton.
His interview was electric.
He was emotional.
He had a plan.
It was awesome. I mean, it was awesome,” says this source. “But Dan said, ‘I want to have a tough team and run the ball.’ Because that’s what the old football guys would do. That doesn’t mean you’re not going to pass. But Jimmy was so much — I don’t want to say brainwashed — but under the influence of what the analytics say and how passing is so much more important than running, it was almost like he dismissed him after that statement.