Cleveland Browns Head Coaching Targets: Nick Saban (Won't Happen), Chip Kelly (Could Happen), Josh McDaniels (Will Happen)

The Cleveland media has caught up with the rumor and Tony Grossi reports that the Browns are expected to name Lombardi as the team’s GM. What will Lombardi do for a head coach? Writes Grossi:

1) Nick Saban of Alabama.
2) Chip Kelly of Oregon.
3) Josh McDaniels, who has had an eventful three years in Denver, St. Louis and New England.

A Lombardi-McDaniels union wouldn’t surprise anybody, given how glowingly Lombardi spoke about him last year. The real discussion in Cleveland will surround the report that Ryan Mallett, the former Arkansas QB, would likely come with McDaniels from New England and start for the Browns. That’d be a major bummer for Brandon Weeden, the team’s 2012 1st round pick. Would Belichick give his buddies a hometown discount on Mallett?