Hue Jackson

(John Kuntz, cleveland.com)

BEREA, Ohio -- Hue Jackson was taken aback when told that former Ravens coach and current NFL analyst Brian Billick suggested that the Browns might go winless this season.

"Who said what?'' Jackson asked, incredulous. "Wow. Good for him. I didn't know he worked here. I'm just being honest.

"I think it's really interesting that everybody can comment on other people's teams and don't even understand their inner workings. I have great respect for Brian, he's a great coach in this league, but we'll see if that's true. We'll see if what he says is true. We'll look back in 16 games and see if it's right. But I'm not going to get caught up in that.''

Jackson, who despises losing, won't take it in stride this season, even though the Browns are rebooting.

"Obviously I think you guys know my competitiveness,'' he said. "I don't want anybody to say we can't win anything, I just don't think that's right, I don't think it's fair. But at the same time I know how hard these guys work, I know what the expectation is and we've got to go prove it. Me talking about it is not going to change it. Only thing that's going to change it is what we do on the field.''

Jackson, who makes his Browns debut Sunday in Philadelphia, said many of the coaches and players are motivated to achieve beyond expectations.

"We are a group of men who are hungry," he said, "that we do understand and realize there is something to prove. But we hope to have this chip on the shoulder as long as I'm here. I truly believe that. I don't know any other way to do this.

"There's 31 other teams that are trying to knock us off. And we're trying to knock them off. that's just part of this deal, that's the way it is in this league. It's competitive. And when you're down people try to step on you. And when you're up people try to pull you down. That's the way it works.''

Billick, who coached the Ravens from 1999-2007 and left the year before Jackson went there as quarterbacks coach, tweeted that he couldn't find a single win on the Browns schedule.

You'll dismiss this as "Billick just trashing the Browns again" but seriously...look at schedule & find a single win. You can't do it! — Brian Billick (@CoachBillick) September 7, 2016

He then went on to say that they'll win at least a game, "but you can't confidently pick it.''

Eagles & Titans most winnable but both on road. #Browns will win at least a game but you can't confidently pick it. https://t.co/0ZfwQTr0Fd — Brian Billick (@CoachBillick) September 7, 2016

Finally, he made angry Browns fan a bet if they win Sunday in Philly.