Cleveland Browns Coach Eric Mangini is letting a new player into the huddle: Skype.

Jeff Schudel reports in the Morning Herald: "The Browns are going high-tech under Coach Eric Mangini. No matter how many miles they are apart, he will be only a computer click away from a face-to-face conversation with each of his players.

"Mangini and the Browns use a videoconferencing product known as Skype. It is a program that can be downloaded to a computer with a web cam or to a cellphone with video capabilities."

Coaches and players in professional sports spend a lot of time on the road. Mangini used Skype to stay in touch with his family.

Now he has adopted the tech to work with his players,

"(Skype is) very interactive," Mangini told the newspaper. "I think that will be a good tool. We've had some innovative uses of technology that I really didn't think I'd be using.

"George McDonald (offensive quality control coach) was using it for Mohamed (Massaquoi) or Brian (Robiskie) to go through information. I'm sure those guys are a little bummed out that we call them up and have videoconferences and go through the playbook, but I think it's a very good way to get some face-to-face time and go through that information.

Mangini views Skype as an excellent way to stay in touch with injured players.

Mangini was asked whether all his players already have Skype. "If they don't," he said, "they will."