The Cleveland Browns made a big splash to their coaching staff on Friday when NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported that the Cleveland Browns had hired former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel as a consultant.
#Browns coach Kevin Stefanski and GM Andrew Berry have hired Mike Vrabel to serve as a consultant for the Browns, per me and @TomPelissero. The former #Titans coach and Coach of the Year had been with them in Indy at the Combine and will work them this season. pic.twitter.com/W8N0HQJOLB
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 15, 2024
Mike Vrabel Is An Ohio Man
Vrabel is an Ohio native who played high school football at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls. He then attended Ohio State, where he played college football, before becoming a 14-year NFL pro who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, and Kansas City Chiefs.
Vrabel spent many years as an assistant coach at the college and NFL levels before becoming the Titans’ head coach in 2018. He would win the 2021 AP Coach of the Year award and take the Titans to the AFC title game in 2019.
The Cleveland Browns Coaching Staff Is The Avengers
Kevin Stefanski, the Cleveland Browns’ head coach, has been in the NFL for four years and has won two Coach of the Year awards.
Stefanski is one of the best offensive-minded head coaches and play-callers in the NFL. If you think he is excellent, Browns’ defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz is also regarded as one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL.
Browns specials team coach Bubba Ventrone has been known around the league to be one of the best in the game, and the team also hired former Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey to take over the same role.
The Cleveland Browns are building a great coaching staff, and bringing in Vrabel as a consultant doesn’t hurt. The team gets another great coaching mind in the room, and Vrabel is a defensive-minded coach, so he could come in and help take that defense to another level.
Vrabel Could Unleash Even More Of The Defense
Can you imagine Schwartz and Vrabel working with Myles Garrett, the best pass rusher in the NFL, and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, one of the best young linebackers in the league?
Vrabel was sitting on the open market, and nobody knows why he was fired from the Titans. They didn’t play well the last two seasons, but there was little talent there in the first place, so it would be hard for any coach to win there.
Vrabel never got a head coaching job this cycle, and who knows if he turned them all down. He is waiting for next season to get the one he wants, but the Browns will take advantage of him being on the open market, and it’s a great move to bring him in.