{"id":712725,"date":"2026-01-29T00:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712725\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:52:14","slug":"new-browns-hc-todd-monken-had-problematic-comments-at-end-of-tenure-as-cleveland-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/712725\/","title":{"rendered":"New Browns HC Todd Monken had problematic comments at end of tenure as Cleveland OC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Monken\u2019s history is an interesting one, including his recent success as offensive coordinator with the Georgia Bulldogs and with the Baltimore Ravens. Monken has reportedly already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-coaching-staff\/116510\/browns-todd-monken-adds-george-warhop-to-his-staff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brought over one coach from his time with the Ravens<\/a> and could fill out his staff with a lot of names from his past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">His past, specifically with the team he now leads, is an interesting one. Monken\u2019s one year as the Browns offensive coordinator in 2019 was mostly a mess. A quick reminder, HC Freddie Kitchens called plays on offense with QB Baker Mayfield, RBs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, and WRs Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Multiple sources told The Athletic that late in the season, Monken would spend time on the field before games telling opposing coaches how bad things were with the Browns, calling the team a \u201ctotal mess\u201d and saying that Kitchens\u2019 Sunday play calling generally steered away from most things that had been in the game plan from Wednesday-Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While what Monken was saying proved to be true, deciding to air your own team\u2019s dirty laundry during the season and right before games is highly unprofessional. Monken was in his 50s at the time, so he doesn\u2019t have the excuse of youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It will be interesting if Monken and\/or owner Jimmy Haslam or GM Andrew Berry are asked about Monken\u2019s previous stay and these reports. Zac Jackson, who wrote the story linked above, still covers the team and will likely be at the introductory press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, Monken is driving the bus and has a chance to make sure the team is far from a \u201ctotal mess.\u201d Given the issues around the organization, a \u201cslight mess\u201d in 2026 might be a welcome outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monken\u2019s history is an interesting one, including his recent success as offensive coordinator with the Georgia Bulldogs and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,89287,60181,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-712725","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-coaching-staff","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-history","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115975654335729962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712725","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=712725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}