Browns coach Hue Jackson told the assembled media at the Senior Bowl on Tuesday that he has not yet made a decision on the future of quarterback Robert Griffin III.

The easy conclusion to draw from that statement is that the decision merely has not been announced, because if the Browns were committed to Griffin as their "guy" in 2017, they'd be moving ahead.

If you have doubt, you don't have the guy, or so the thinking goes.

Jackson, though, promised his mind is open and said that particular leap in judgment would not be fair.

"I haven't come to any conclusions," Jackson said. "Everybody else can jump to those conclusions, but we're going to keep looking at this thing."

Jackson had said the day after the season that he wasn't ready to make any judgment on Griffin, who is due a $1.5 million roster bonus in March. If the Browns don't pay the bonus, Griffin becomes a free agent.

Jackson said Tuesday that he had been spending most of his time on his coaching staff, which has seen significant turnover since the 2016 season ended. He also had to prepare to coach the South in the Senior Bowl on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama.

Once he returns to Cleveland, he said, he will dive into the quarterback position in earnest.

"We've got to get that part of it right, and I plan on doing that," he said.

The Browns also will evaluate the top draftable quarterbacks, generally considered to be Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina, Deshaun Watson of Clemson and DeShone Kizer of Notre Dame. Jackson's focus will be on finding the team's quarterback from that group, via trade (Jimmy Garoppolo of New England?) or free agency (Tyrod Taylor if Buffalo lets him go?), or from the roster.

"That's what I came to Cleveland for," Jackson said, "and I'm not going to stop 'til we get that guy."