"Everybody says the Browns work hard under coach Eric Mangini. Jamal Lewis is the first player to say they work too hard to win.

"The talent is there. There's talent all over this room, young and old," Lewis said of the 1-7 team. "At the same time, that talent's got to be able to be ready for Sunday and to be fresh for Sunday and be ready to go out and be efficient on Sunday.

"You can work hard as you want. You can work all day, seven days a week all the way up to Sunday in practice. But at the same time, if you're going to work like that, then maybe on Sunday you're probably not going to get what you want out of your players."

Lewis' comments were a stinging indictment of Mangini's handling of the Browns in his first season as coach. Prior to the open locker room period, Mangini talked of his willingness to "adjust" his approach during a dismal season such as this one.

When Lewis was relayed the comment and asked if Mangini needs to adjust it more, Lewis shot back, "Next question."

Lewis' rant began when asked about comments he made to Baltimore media in a conference call Wednesday. He said he's retiring after this season because he's tired. He didn't mean physically tired.

On Thursday, he said, "I'm tired of dealing with politics, tired of dealing with the whole organizational thing, just how things go. It's just tiresome. When you don't have to deal with it, why deal with it?

"[If] I'm going come out here and work the way I work, then I want results. I want to be able to go out to work. Right now, that's not what's going on. And I feel it's just a waste of time for me.

"I know we have a lot of young players. But two things, I'm not a babysitter. I come here every day to work to get my job done so I can lead and I lead by example. [And] . . . if you notice . . . I think this offense is built more as a pass-type offense. You know what system it is, where it came from. I don't think I'm built for that."

Lewis is mired in his worst season of 10 in the NFL. He has rushed for 349 yards and no touchdowns. His average run is 3.6 yards. He has six catches for 70 yards. Lewis missed two games with a hamstring injury."