{"id":694893,"date":"2026-01-21T23:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694893\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:12:17","slug":"cleveland-browns-lose-oc-to-the-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694893\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns lose OC to the Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cleveland Browns are in the market for a new head coach, and whoever takes on the role will also need to add an offensive coordinator to the staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That is because Tommy Rees, who took over playcalling for the Browns midway through the 2025 season, is reportedly heading to the Atlanta Falcons to join head coach Kevin Stefanski\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rees had been with the Browns since 2024, when he joined Stefanski\u2019s staff as a tight ends\/pass game specialist. He was promoted to offensive coordinator prior to last season and took on the responsibility of calling the offense from Stefanski in Week 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rees worked with quarterback Dillon Gabriel for two starts &#8211; the Week 10 game against the New York Jets, where the Browns scored 20 points, and the Week 11 game against the Baltimore Ravens, where the Browns scored all 16 of their points in the first half before Gabriel was sidelined with a concussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the final seven games, Rees worked with quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who helped lead the Browns to a win over the Las Vegas Raiders in his first start, only to lose the next four games as the offense could not find its footing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Browns finished the season ranked No. 31 in points scored, No. 30 in yards, No. 30 in first downs, No. 31 in passing yards, No. 30 in passing touchdowns, No. 29 in interceptions, and No. 27 in rushing yards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rees is now off to Atlanta, where Stefanski has also added former Cleveland offensive line coach Bill Callahan to his staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns are in the market for a new head coach, and whoever takes on the role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,1864,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-694893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-news","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115935625015182826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}