The Cleveland Browns are changing directions. Yet again.
Fox Sports' Alex Marvez is reporting that offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and the Browns are parting ways and that an official confirmation from the team is upcoming shortly. Also expected to leave the team is quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains.
Amazingly, after the Browns hire Shanahan's replacement, this will be the team's ninth (!!) offensive coordinator since 2006. Mull on that for a minute.
The Browns struggled offensively this season, ranking 27th in the NFL in points scored, and alternating — with muted success — between quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and rookie Johnny Manziel.
Hoyer is a free agent, and Manziel was very inconsistent in limited time in his first season. Now, Manziel — or whoever the Browns' QB will be in 2015 — will have a new offense to absorb.
Reports of tension between Shanahan and the team — and perhaps representing a microcosm of larger issues between the coaching staff and the front office — have surfaced in recent weeks.
Shanahan has an interview with the Buffalo Bills for their head-coaching vacancy, and father Mike Shanahan has met with multiple teams about their openings. A possible father-son reunion (they worked together with the Washington Redskins) also has been mentioned as a scenario that could unfold.
But who is going to want this Browns offensive coordinator job? Will head coach Mike Pettine reach back to a candidate he previously worked with, perhaps with the Bills or New York Jets? Or might the Browns seek a college candidate who can tailor their offense to Manziel's strengths (and minimize his weaknesses)?
Yet again the Browns are switching gears. Coaching and quarterback stability have been in short supply along the Cuyahoga River since ... well, a long time ago.
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