Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.

Takeaways from the day after DeShone Kizer was named Browns starting quarterback …

1. Trust the process: Newly minted starting quarterback DeShone Kizer says one key to his steady development has been his relationship with coach Hue Jackson. And from the start, it was based on Jackson’s frankness about the state of Kizer’s game. “He said that there was just a lot of room for improvement and if I did end up in this situation in this organization, they were going to focus on my development rather than just throwing me into the fire and just seeing if I was ready to go, that they would put me on the path that they have. And that’s exactly what they’ve done.” Kizer got an insider’s view of Jackson from Zac Robinson, his pre-draft QB coach who spent time with the Bengals for two years with Jackson on their staff. “Once I met him, our relationship was able to grow. In the sense he’s a straight-forward guy who tells it exactly how it is, and that’s how I like it. There’s no room for sugarcoating in this league. Since we’ve met, it’s been all about creating a dialogue between myself and him. It’s allowed me to go out and have the success I’ve had.” So they are now hitched – Kizer and Jackson – their careers dependent on each other. “We know in this sport, the quarterback and head coach relationship can go a long ways,” Kizer said. “You see a lot of successful teams have great quarterback-head coach relationships. For us to start off the way we have, obviously, if we can go out there and have a little success and we continue to grow in that sense, hopefully, this can be something that can last for 10 to 15 years.”

2. Ready or not: Up until now, the prevailing opinion was that Kizer was “not ready” to take over the team as starting quarterback. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly started that narrative prior to the draft. At various points since Kizer arrived in the second round, he, Jackson and, most recently, Joe Thomas, opined that Kizer was not ready. So now the team is saying Kizer is ready and Kizer agrees. “There has been a lot of work that has gone into this entire process,” he said. “Going out and performing in preseason games is one thing, but to perform in [regular season] games is another. Until I’m out there, everyone is going to have a right to their opinion. If that is their opinion, then we will see Week 1. This is a situation in which I was able to step out here with a great coaching staff, an awesome team around me and develop my game to become a better football player. I can truly say that in these last four months I feel very confident that I have become a lot better and my development is headed in the right direction. Obviously, my next step now is preparing for our fourth preseason game. Whether I am out there or not, I know that these are great reps in preparation for the upcoming season and obviously getting ready for Pittsburgh after that.”

3. Low bar: Now that he has the job, Kizer is careful to keep the bar low on expectations. “My expectations are to have no expectations,” he said. “You have to go out there and just focus in on each rep. If you set goals wherever you want to set them and you fall short of them, that is a mental thing that you don’t want to deal with. Right now, it is all about going out and competing each rep, trying to have success and winning on each rep. As far as the standards that I am setting for myself, I am trying not to have any.”