Art Briles

Former Baylor head coach Art Briles is wearing Browns gear this week during a guest appearance on the coaching staff.

(Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com)

BEREA, Ohio -- Former Baylor coach Art Briles is serving a guest stint with the Cleveland Browns, and coach Hue Jackson believes that giving him a second chance is the right thing to do.

Briles was on the practice field Wednesday in Browns garb Wednesday, specifically focusing on the quarterbacks during the period open to the media.

Jackson, who invited Briles to help out, will "pick his brains'' on offense and several times referred to him as a "tremendous offensive mind.''

He said Briles will be here for a while, but not a long time. He cleared Briles' presence with the Browns' higher-ups.

Briles was fired by Baylor amid the sexual assault scandal involving student-athletes, but maintains his innocence. He told cleveland.com in August he hopes to be back in coaching by December.

Jackson said he's not condoning anything that happened at Baylor, and that Briles deserves an opportunity to do what he does.

"We've all been knocked down, including myself,'' said Jackson.

Briles has several of his former players on the team, including Robert Griffin III, Corey Coleman and Spencer Drango.

Jackson had high praise for Briles during a visit during training camp.

"Hey, I'll learn from anybody if they can help us,'' Jackson said in August. "Obviously, he's a very accomplished college coach and has done outstanding. I wish him well. He's done just outstanding at Baylor, but at the same time, I think he was here to see his guys and get an opportunity to see us, our organization and what we do, but more so see his football players."