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Disappointed.
I am staying open-minded, though.
That’s my initial reaction to the Browns’ hiring of Todd Monken as their head coach on Wednesday.
ESPN Sources: the Cleveland Browns are hiring former Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken as their next head coach. pic.twitter.com/zyTpFKSuJf
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 28, 2026
In 1991, just before they hired Bill Belichick, the Browns interviewed Bill Cowher, then 33, for the job. They passed on him, and paid for it for almost two decades. They ended up with Belichick before he was really Belichick.
I wanted the young guy, Nate Scheelhaase, or the veteran guy who knows the Browns inside and out, Jim Schwartz. I thought, and still think to a great degree, that Moncken is a tweener. He’s an older guy like Schwartz and he knows offense, but I am excited about what Scheelhaase would’ve brought to the job.
We’ll never know, will we?
As of this writing, I don’t know it Schwartz will stay on his defensive coordinator, but I sure hope he does. And if he does, then having Monken run the offense and Schwartz run the defense is not bad.
But if Schwartz goes somewhere else, then I’m going to be terribly disappointed because until this offense gets built up, the defense is going to have to carry this team and that can happenwith Schwartz running it.
Bu again, I am keeping an open mind. Monken needs a chance to show us what he can do. The proof will be in the pudding. If this team gets turned around and wins, then the Browns made the right decision, and if this team loses, then they did not make the right decision. It is as simple as that. I hope the former is true, though. I hope they are right, and I am wrong.
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