"Don't expect instant wizardry with Brad Childress as the Browns' offensive coordinator.

The clamor for Childress to inherit the play-calling from head coach Pat Shurmur will be loud. Understandable, too, given that the fans of sad sack franchises as offensively challenged as the 2011 Browns would prefer a Ouija board or Magic Eight Ball to whoever authored last season's mess.

Just know that when they hear the clamor in Minnesota, some will be waiting for the punch line.

Childress didn't call plays for Andy Reid in Philadelphia. He did as head coach of the Vikings. The results, as the saying goes, were "mixed."

Shockingly to no one, his plays worked better when he had Brett Favre throwing to the right-colored jerseys and Adrian Peterson running in open prairie. During an injury-filled 2010 season -- Childress' last -- he pointed a finger at Favre only to find Favre and other players on offense pointing back.

His reign there ended with the usual gripes about a too-predictable offense and with the not-so customary shove overboard by some Vikings, who, according to reports, complained about him to owner Zygi Wilf. "