O-coordinator Carthon quits as Browns keep struggling

Despite having two weeks to devise a game plan, the Browns picked up only 165 total yards in losing 17-7 to the Broncos on Sunday and are ranked at or near the bottom of the league in most offensive categories.

Cleveland's offense didn't move the ball inside Denver's 40 until the final play of the third quarter and scored its only touchdown following an 18-yard drive set up by linebacker Andra Davis' interception.

Denver sacked Charlie Frye five times and held Cleveland to season lows in points, first downs, third-down efficiency, total yards and rushing yards.

Last season under Carthon, the Browns scored a league-low 232 points.

Crennel doesn't expect any major changes to Cleveland's offense under Davidson, a former Ohio State tackle who played four seasons in the NFL before a shoulder injury ended his career.

"Jeff is putting his thoughts together about what he thinks and feels," Crennel said. "We'll see how that manifests itself. I don't think that you can realistically expect that it's going to manifest itself into a wide-open offense overnight. For one, the players are ingrained in a system, terminology and so forth. If you go in and change all of the terminology and all of the plays, you are starting from scratch.

"I think what he'll do is pick the things he likes and maybe dress them up."

There had been grumbling inside and outside the Browns locker room for weeks about the club's anemic offense. Tight end Kellen Winslow criticized Carthon's schemes following a Week 2 loss to Cincinnati.

Last year, Carthon clashed with quarterback Trent Dilfer over the Browns' offensive schemes and game plans. Dilfer was traded in March.

Crennel doesn't believe Cleveland players didn't support Carthon, whom he felt got the most out of their talent.

"Whether it was used enough -- it was not used enough for us to win games," Crennel said. "That's the bottom line. He (Carthon) is not here anymore, so we'll see what we can do from this point on."