BROWNS No Policy, no Wolf; personnel man departs

The part-timer lasted three months in an 18-month agreement.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ron Wolf resigned as a part-time personnel consultant to the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday, less than three months after the longtime NFL executive was hired by the club.
Wolf, who built the Green Bay Packers into a Super Bowl champion in his 11 years as the team's general manager, said his decision to leave the Browns was tied into Carmen Policy's resignation as team president.
Policy announced last week that he was stepping down as president and chief executive on May 1.
"Once that happened, that was it for me," Wolf said in a telephone interview. "Carmen had been the one who brought me in and after he said he was leaving, there was no reason for me to stay, either."
Browns spokesman Todd Stewart confirmed that Wolf had left the team.
His role
After the Browns went 5-11 last season, they hired the 65-year-old Wolf in January to assist them in evaluating their current roster and to plan for next week's college draft.
Wolf worked from his home in Maryland, reviewing game tapes and video of potential draft picks. The Browns had also asked Wolf for his opinion before they decided to replace quarterback Tim Couch by signing free agent QB Jeff Garcia.
However, coach Butch Davis dismissed Wolf's input during the recent NFL meetings in Palm Beach, Fla.
"I don't think his opinion had any bearing whatsoever on what transpired," Davis said, referring to the Couch-Garcia decision. "He gave an opinion about our quarterbacks the same way he had an opinion about our left guards."
Wolf was asked if Davis' comments had angered him or led to his leaving the Browns.
"I was just a part-time guy, so he [Davis] could use me anyway that he wanted to," Wolf said.
Wolf, who acquired quarterback Brett Favre during his tenure with the Packers, said he wasn't disappointed at not fulfilling his 18-month, $750,000 agreement with the Browns.
"Everything happened the way it was laid out for me," said Wolf. "I wasn't looking for work until they called me."
Wolf came out of retirement to join the Browns, and said he'll be more diligent before he pursues future opportunities in the NFL.
"I'm going to be a little more careful if I ever decide to do something like that again," he said.