NFL report: Browns apparently pass up on hiring Chip Kelly Chip Kelly won't be packing his visor or high-powered offense and joining the Cleveland Browns. A person familiar with Cleveland's coaching search says the team will not be hiring Oregon's coach, who nearly reached an agreement with the Browns on Friday. However, the 49-year-old Kelly was indecisive about making the jump to the NFL and the Browns decided to move on to other candidates. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because of the sensitivity of the search. The Browns questioned whether Kelly "was committed to coming to the NFL," said the person, and the team decided to continue the search for their sixth fulltime coach since 1999. Kelly, who turned down Tampa Bay's job deep into negotiations last season, may stay in the college game and return to Oregon, where he has built the Ducks into a national power. Oregon is 46-7 the last four seasons under Kelly and made four consecutive appearances in Bowl Championship Series bowl games. After Kelly met with the Browns for seven hours Friday, it appeared he was headed to Cleveland. However, Kelly wanted to keep a scheduled interview with the Philadelphia Eagles and he met with the team for nine hours Saturday. Kelly also met with the Buffalo Bills, but that was nothing more than a cursory interview for both sides. It's not known what kind of offer the Browns made to Kelly, who earned a base salary of $2.8 million last season at Oregon and still has five years left on his contract. Patriots' Bill Belichick warns team A regular-season rout can be a poor predictor of the postseason rematch. Coach Bill Belichick can remind his New England Patriots of that less than a month after their 42-14 victory that shoved the Houston Texans into their late-season plunge. The stakes will be much higher when the Texans return to Gillette Stadium on Sunday. The winner in the divisional-round game goes to the AFC championship game. Belichick said Sunday the first meeting has little to do with the next one. He learned Saturday night who the Patriots would play when the Texans beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 19-13, in a wild-card game. Jets' GM search yields front-runner The New York Jets were moving forward with their search for a new general manager, with San Francisco 49ers executive Tom Gamble appearing to be the front-runner to replace Mike Tannenbaum, who was fired after the regular season ended. Gamble, the 49ers' director of player personnel, met with the Jets over the weekend. He also canceled a second interview with Jacksonville and postponed a meeting with San Diego for their GM vacancies, according to published reports. New York also spoke with Atlanta director of player personnel David Caldwell this weekend. The Jets were still expected to interview Marc Ross, the Giants' director of college scouting, and in-house candidate Scott Cohen, the team's assistant GM under Tannenbaum.