![]() ![]() The first-round pick in 2011 was used to trade up and select defensive tackle Phil Taylor. The gamble eventually paid off for the Falcons, but the Browns’ Brownsiness somehow squandered a five-for-one deal. It should’ve been a simple W for Cleveland. The NFL’s best wide receiver has been a no-doubter since high school, but Dimitroff’s 2011 decision (advised against by Belichick) to trade up was still a massive risk for a team that was already playoff-quality and had bigger needs than WR. OC Kyle Shanahan made a lateral move from Cleveland two years ago, with wide receivers coach Mike McDaniel and intern-turned-assistant Mike LaFleur accompanying (along with Mack, eventually).ĭefensive assistants Bryan Cox and Jerome Harrison also coached for the Browns a few years earlier. OC Josh McDaniels played in the Cleveland area in high school and college (where he was a teammate of director of player personnel Nick Caserio, a Cleveland-area native), and in between stints working for Nick Saban at Michigan State and the Patriots, returned to the city as a salesperson for a year.Ĭornerbacks coach Josh Boyer is also from Ohio. Tight ends coach Brian Daboll and Belichick right-hand man Ernie Adams have coached for the Browns, and assistant special teams coach Raymond Ventrone played safety there.Ĭornerbacks coach Steve Belichick obtained inside information within the highest levels of the Browns organization as a mere child in the 1990s.Ī year ago, the Browns interviewed DC Matt Patricia for head coach. ![]() Other New England staffers with Cleveland ties: Belichick’s father was a fullback at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University and later a local college coach.Īssistant Falcons GM Scott Pioli also worked for the Browns, as a personnel assistant under Belichick. The Northeast Ohio native also worked on the Browns’ grounds crew as a kid, when Dimitroff’s father was a Cleveland scout.Īlso, since Belichick is a GM, that means both Super Bowl front offices have Cleveland on their resumes and in their blood. Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff comes from the Belichick tree, but previously worked as a Browns scout. So, the Browns helped force Atlanta into hiring the guy they probably should’ve. The NFC South was terrible enough to preserve Mike Smith’s hopes of sticking around, but it was clear a move needed to be made. The Browns fired Pettine after he went 10-22.Īlso, in 2014, the Browns’ 26-24 win knocked Atlanta to 4-7. Remember when #Browns didnt want to wait for Sea DC Dan Quinn to coach in Super Bowl? So they hired Mike Pettine.- Tony Grossi January 22, 2017īrowns CEO Joe Banner, on the day he hired former Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine to run his team, admitted that deciding not to wait for Quinn was "the toughest decision” he had to make in the coaching search, and that he's confident he'll be an excellent head coach. ![]()
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