In a press conference Tuesday morning at the NFL owners meetings, Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson took time to shower praise upon his new defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams.

“Gregg is different, as well all know,” Jackson laughed as he sat with microphones and recorders firmly in his face. “I have a great respect for him as a coach.”

Unprompted, Jackson continued:

“He is an unbelievable teacher and molder of men. He has a way of doing things that are probably different, a little outside the box (than) people would think coordinators, how they do it. And that’s fine because I think that’s what it takes in the National Football League to get a defense to play.”

Jackson noted the well-traveled Williams, who has worked as an assistant for five franchises and was head coach in Buffalo from 2001-03, “has been a resource for me.”

Then the Browns coach dropped the sound-bite mic by calling Williams “the Pied Piper of coordinators” while referencing how Williams helped him assemble the current staff.