With free agency looming on Feb. 27, the Browns will be looking to fill the holes in the wake of another regime change. If history teaches us a lesson, a change in personnel decision making typically brings in a new crop of players from the new boss' old stomping grounds.

New general manager George Kokinis is an experienced pro personnel executive with a deep knowledge of current NFL rosters, and players who were about to become free agents. He would especially know his former team's products best.

The Ravens are going to be faced with several key decisions in free agency, with 3/4 of their starting linebackers ready to hit free agency, along with two starters from their secondary. Of the five players listed, the Ravens may only be able to keep two or three.

So if Kokinis were to rob the Ravens' nest, who should he go after? Submit your vote and let us know!

EDITOR'S NOTE:
When this poll was created last night, Suggs had yet to be franchise tagged. Since the Ravens used their exclusive franchise tag, Suggs cannot negotiate with other teams in free agency. Suggs has since been removed from the poll.  For an explanation of non-exclusive versus exclusive franchise tags, click here.

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Head coach Eric Mangini had a press conference today, covering a variety of topics.  Patrick McManamon does a great job of covering it here.

He also announced that he had hired George Warhop to the the team's new offensive line coach.  Warhop was last seen as the 49ers offensive line coach, but he lost his job in October 2008.  Included in the link is his coaching history.

I reached out to Samuel Lam, the San Francisco 49ers Examiner, to shed some light on Warhop:

Warhop is a hit or miss kind of guy. If you took at the disaster that was last season, Warhop lost a lot of power under Mike Martz's watch and eventually would be fired along with Mike Nolan. The 49ers had allowed the most sacks up to his firing that season. A lot can be blamed at the youth of the offensive line or the new offensive system the team had, but some of it has to be put on Warhop.

However, Warhop does present a pretty solid resume. He previously worked with the Cardinals and Cowboys. In those years, the offensive line allowed fewer sacks than the previous years. Most notable of those years was in 2001, when the team surrendered only 29 sacks.

If anything, Warhop is a fine coach and should do well in Cleveland. He just happened to be the scapegoat of the mess this past season. But the offenseive line did allow Frank Gore to rush for three consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. Given the situation in Cleveland, I would expect Warhop to do just fine.

Strength and conditioning coach Tom Myslinski and assistant Alan DeGennaro will be kept on Mangini's staff.  No word yet on wide receivers coach Wes Chandler (no relation to yours truly).

It's not easy to watch the Super Bowl for a Browns fan.  The arch-rival is playing a team Cleveland fans could always count on being worse than the Browns.  No one would blame a bitter Cleveland fan this year for not wanting to watch the game.  There are still several ways to make the experience enjoyable!

First off, make sure you sufficient snacking items.  Sure, maybe you should not eat some things, but why buck the trend?  The Super Bowl is the highest calorie consumption day of the year.

Play a "drinking" game with how many times John Madden mentions Brett Favre throughout the broadcast. Choose wisely, drinking too much Coke or Pepsi can cause tooth decay.

A gambler?  Why not make some interesting prop bets on the Super Bowl.

That doesn't wet your whistle?  Bet on Bruce's halftime show songs.

Feeling nostalgic for the days when Hasbro ruled?  Watch out for the teaser trailers to G.I. Joe:  The Rise of Cobra and Transformers: Rise of the Fallen. Maybe next year we will get a He-Man trailer…

Not much for halftime shows?  Maybe switch over to HBO and enjoy the new seasons of Big Love and Flight of the Conchords.

Mormons and New Zealanders don't fit your fancy?  Check out AMC, they are running a Death Wish marathon tonight.  Charles Bronson is one of the only things more manly than the Super Bowl.

Just not into the big game, OR the commercials?  Have a Super Bowl craft party with the wife and children.

There are of course many other alternatives to the game, but why bother?  It only comes once a year!  Enjoy the day, or let it pass.  Sure none of us like going to the doctor for our yearly checkup, but we have to do it.

Oh and if you are into the game, and you're still a Browns fan?  Just make sure you root for the Cardinals.  You don't want to be the person who rooted on the enemy to their record sixth Super Bowl championship.

Check these out from here.

Make of them what you will. Shot at the University of Akron Stile Field House, this is certainly from a commercial or magazine shoot. But can you imagine a 6-foot-8, 250-pound wide receiver charging down the field catching passes from Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson?

The mere thought gives Danny Ferry a migraine.

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Pick other? Let us know who in the comments!

That last post? Forget it. The Browns have received permission from the Patriots to interview Scott Pioli.

Just to clue everyone in on Pioli, he's the 43-year-old vice president of player personnel for the New England Patriots. That basically means he, along with head coach Bill Belichick, make all the personnel moves for the Patriots.

He's had that job since 2002. Prior to that, he held less significant personnel jobs with the Patriots. He got his big break in the NFL in 1992. It was then, while he was coaching the Browns, that Belichick hired Pioli as a pro personnel assistant.

Pioli won the NFL Executive of the Year Award from Pro Football Weekly in 2003 and 2007. In 2004, he won the same award from the NFL Players Association, the San Francisco Chronicle, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.

Coincidentally, Pioli is the son-in-law of Bill Parcells, another target of the Browns.

Courtesy of blog graphics czar Kiel, here you go:

More on this mess later. Then, we'll start some season recapping and some coverage of the new Browns coach and possibly general manager.

Welcome to another week's game-day chat! This one should be a doozy with the Fightin' Ken Dorseys going against arguably the best team in the NFL. Will it be at least more entertaining than last night's Big 12 championship game or the new Punisher movie? Well, we can only hope.

Prediction: Titans 24, Browns 7

Welcome, Browns fan, to this week's chat. It is set to begin at 12:45 p.m. More notes to come throughout the morning.

Injuries of note: The Colts are without center Jeff Saturday and safety Bob Sanders. Linebacker Gary Brackett is questionable. The Browns list Lawrence Vickers, Kellen Winslow and Shaun Smith as questionable. Jerome Harrison, Shaun Rogers and Corey Williams are probable.

In a move that mostly went unnoticed, the Browns waived Steve Sanders and picked up rush linebacker Titus Brown.

Could the immortal Ken Dorsey see the field today?

Prediction: This one is going to be ugly. Colt 31, Browns 10
'Stonehands' Edwards dropped catch prediction: 3

Hello, Browns fan. Today's live chat begins at 12:45 p.m. Just hit the play button in the middle of the chat box and hop in.

In the mean time, check out this freaky Browns video from the 80s, starring our Brownies, the Michael Stanley Band, a live bear and … Tiny Tim! God, the 1980s were so awesome.