Browns coach Shurmur says door is open for Cribbs to vent

BEREA, Ohio — Josh Cribbs is "fed up" with losing. Everyone knows that, of course, because the Browns receiver and return specialist has been vocal about his dissatisfaction since the Browns' loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. He has hinted that he's unhappy with his role in the offense, and explained repeatedly that he can no longer stomach the losing records that have piled up in his seven seasons in Cleveland.

None of that means that he wants to leave Cleveland, he clarified Thursday.

And Browns coach Pat Shurmur said Cribbs' public form of venting is fine, but he would also like to remind Cribbs that the coach's office door is open.

"I have an open door and I expect if they have an issue, they come see me man-to-man about it," Shurmur said. "That's the way we handle things here."

Shurmur said he encourages his players to both have open discussions with him -- which, he said, Cribbs has -- and speak their minds with the media. Cribbs, for his part, said he has embraced the open communication policy.

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