Cleveland Browns general manager John Dorsey said he expects newly acquired wide receiver Odell Beckham to attend the team’s voluntary offseason program, which begins on Monday.

So how will Freddie Kitchens, beginning his first year as an NFL head coach, handle the high-maintenance wideout?

Cleveland.com caught up with Kitchens on Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting. Kitchens was asked what he would say to the receiver the first time they meet, and the head coach laid out a laid-back game plan.

"I love you,’’ Kitchens quipped. “I love great players and I love great people,’’ Kitchens said. “He’s a great person above all else. Perception is not always reality. I’m anxious to get Odell there and get to know him as a person. His teammates love him. So I just want him to kind of assimilate into the team and get going. He’s no different than anyone else. He’s a human being. He has feelings. He’s not just some cartoon character who kind of pops up in the media. Two weeks ago his life was turned upside down. He didn’t know he was getting traded. He had to take some to see what life was going to be like now, post-New York. What he’s going to realize is we have some good coaches, good players good people within our organization.’’

Oh boy. Kitchens is either overly optimistic or woefully unprepared for what he’s about to have on his hands. In his five seasons with the Giants, Beckham proved he’s very much different than anyone else. From his style and panache on the field, to his antics and escapades both on and off the field, Beckham marches to the beat of his own drum.

Remember, Beckham is the guy who prepared for a playoff game with some fun in the sun, left a hole in a wall after losing said playoff game, lost a fight to a kicking net on the sideline and lost his cool in a fight with cornerback Josh Norman.

If Kitchens thinks he can treat Beckham like one of the guys, then good luck with that. Because the Browns could quickly find themselves falling apart and spiraling out of control. But I guess that’s par for the course in Cleveland.

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