the team Greg Joseph Jersey , but it is too late for that." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteDawgs EDTShareTweetShareShareJohn Dorsey trying to put genie back in the bottleKen Blaze-USA TODAY SportsThe Cleveland Browns will open the 2019 regular season dealing with a level of expectations that the franchise has not encountered in more than three decades. A winning record will be considered, by some, a “disappointment.” A playoff berth will suffice for many; while only a Super Bowl run will be enough for a segment of the fan base that has overdosed on hype since the end of last season. The man who has played a large role in creating the current team is general manager John Dorsey, who upon being hired in December of 2017 stated his desire to “re-awake this sleeping giant, the Cleveland Browns.” (That was a phrase borrowed from Gabe Paul, who during his time as general manager of the Cleveland Indians in the 1980s often talked about how Cleveland was a baseball town in search of a winning team.)It only took until midway through the 2018 season for the giant to awake Jabrill Peppers Color Rush Jersey , as the Browns closed out the year by winning five of their final seven games and just miss out on their first winning season since 2007.Now, however, Dorsey wants to temper the expectations.Speaking at last week’s press conference to announce Cleveland as the host of the 2021 NFL Draft, Dorsey looked to temper the expectations of a rabid fan base, per The Athletic’s Zac Jackson via Bleacher Report:It’s nice that Dorsey wants everyone to slow down a bit, but there is no way he can put that genie back in the bottle. While attendance and interest in the Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers has always ebbed and flowed based on those team’s ability to compete E.J. Gaines Color Rush Jersey , the Browns are the region’s top team and their grip on that distinction has only grown tighter in recent months. The Browns started their latest rebuild in 2016 and Dorsey has quickly turned a solid foundation into a team that has caught the attention of everyone in the NFL. And with that has come expectations that may not be completely realistic, but that is the reality for a fan base that has been waiting 30 years for a team that they can truly believe in.Dorsey created this monster and no matter how much he or head coach Freddie Kitchens remind fans that there is still a lot of hard work ahead, the excitement is only going to build throughout the summer.The giant is very much awake. It is now up to the Browns to make sure it does not go back to sleep. Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield got upset with the team’s wide receivers during a training camp practice over the weekend for not coming back to the ball when he was scrambling and he said on Wednesday that his on-field reaction was followed by further conversation.Mayfield said “he’s not going to be a jackass” and that he talks to his teammates after practice any time he harps on something on the field. He said it was all part of making sure that all parties are on the same page by the time the regular season gets underway.“Those guys know that’s a big part of our offense. And they know that,” Mayfield said. “It’s just the fact that if we get lazy and let things slide — we need to be open to communicating right now. That’s what the good teams do.”Mayfield believes it’s a good thing for everyone to “see it from their perspective and mine” as part of those communications and we’ll see if they help lift the Browns up to the ranks of the good teams in the next few months.