But Chudzinski isn’t ready to hand over the keys just yet.

“I feel good about where we’re at right now,” Chudzinski said,via CBS Cleveland. “He’s been working with the first group and we’ll just see as we go forward. We’re (working) on air right now so it’s very early but I do like what I’ve seen so far and we’ll see how it goes. Right now it’s too early to say anything one way or another.”

The Browns did add quarterback Jason Campbell in the offseason, so it’s not surprising that Chudzinski won’t commit to Weeden as the starter. However, it’s hard to imagine a scenario where Campbell is the starter over Weeden.

Weeden would have to be awful throughout training camp and the preseason to be unseated. It’s common to hear coaches sound unsure about a quarterback situation this early, though most likely have an idea in mind of who they’d like to start when it comes to “quarterback competitions.”

At the same time, a coach who commits to a starter this early (when it’s not, you know, a guy like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning) could very easily end up looking like an idiot later if it doesn’t pan out.

Not naming Weeden as the starter simply saves Chudzinski. Of course, the possibility for Campbell to actually become the starter is there.

It’s not likely, but it’s not impossible.

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Oh, and the willingness to eat dog biscuits.

Last week, Chudzinski told PFT Live that he was such a rabid fan of the Browns as a kid that he did, in fact, eat dog treats, along with watching the game outside to simulate being at the stadium.

“There was occasional dog biscuits consumed,” Chudzinski said on Thursday’s edition of PFT Live. “I wouldn’t tell you they tasted very good, but we did that on occasion.”

How Chudzinski performs as a head coach remains to be seen, but no one was going to enter this job with the kind of passion he brings. This story of a fan-turned-coach has been undersold, though it should gain plenty of traction as the season draws near. Especially if there are more dog biscuit-eating tales to be told.

First of all, that is maybe the grossest fake word I’ve ever used. Second of all, there’s something I want to address about the hiring of Browns head coach Rob Chudzinski. In this world of having mountains of information at our fingertips, we get to glimpse into the minds of the athletes we follow on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Facebook. We get to find out what’s going on at any given moment, provided the athletes want to share.

I don’t follow a ton of Browns players on Twitter, but I do follow a lot of people who commonly retweet Browns players on Twitter. Despite this, I don’t recall seeing much of a peep out of anyone after the hiring of Rob Chudzinski. Let me state that I didn’t see anyone being suspicious about it, nor did I see anyone expressing concern over what his hiring would do to the team. I just didn’t see anyone tweet anything like, “Welcome aboard, Rob Chudzinski! Excited to have you. #swag” or something ridiculous like that.

Now, I will confess that, like I said, I don’t follow Browns players religiously, so something may have slipped past me without paying much attention to these players, but when Nick Swisher signed with the Indians, or after his press conference, he was retweeted about 95 times any time he did or said anything. No one seemed to be spreading the “Hooray for Chud” sentiment, and that concerned me a little bit. I don’t think this is reason to freak out or decide that he is or is not a good head coach-to-be, but it’s hard not to notice a general lack of sentiment about the newly-appointed leader of your eternally listless favorite football team.

It probably doesn’t add up to anything. Players are probably busy doing whatever they want and are on their offseason vacations. Most players probably got a text or call from a teammate/agent/Twitter that said “Browns hired Rod Chudzinski,” shrugged their shoulders, and stared back at the beach and/or pure blue water. What should they care, right? The coach will be there when offseason practices and meetings get underway, regardless of who that coach is. The players will report (most of them, at least), they’ll work, they’ll mostly follow the coach’s orders, and they’ll fight for playing time.

So how much does the coach matter in the NFL?