{"id":720132,"date":"2026-01-31T23:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/720132\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:04:14","slug":"cleveland-browns-coaching-search-is-myles-garrett-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/720132\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns coaching search: Is Myles Garrett disappointed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 Myles Garrett went viral the day Todd Monken was hired as Browns head coach by posting a photo on his Instagram story of a fast food employee sitting on a bench with their head down. <\/a><\/p>\n

The post didn\u2019t have a caption, but it seemed to be a strong statement that Garrett was disappointed about his beloved defensive coordinator, Jim Schwartz, being passed over for the job despite strong endorsements from Garrett and other Browns defenders. <\/p>\n

At the very least, he may have been expressing his dismay over reports that Schwartz packed up his office and left the building, <\/a>telling some staffers that he wasn\u2019t coming back. <\/p>\n

Garrett has elevated his game to likely first-ballot Hall of Fame standards under Schwartz, with what\u2019s about to be his second AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, and the long-coveted NFL single-sack record this season with 23.0.<\/p>\n

Garrett, Denzel Ward, Grant Delpit and others touted Schwartz as their next head coach, and hoped he would apply his standard of excellence to the whole team that he has to the defense.<\/p>\n

The Browns kept Garrett in the loop throughout the coaching search, sources said, and he wasn\u2019t surprised on Wednesday when Monken was named the Browns\u2019 19th head coach.<\/p>\n

The Browns understand Garrett\u2019s fierce loyalty to Schwartz, and didn\u2019t make too much of the Instagram post. <\/p>\n

They also hope Schwartz comes back for the final two years of his contract, and continues to preside over one of the most dominant defenses in the NFL. They don\u2019t expect Garrett to ask to be traded, but if he does, the answer will be no just like it was last year when he asked out to try to win a Super Bowl elsewhere. <\/p>\n

Instead, the Browns signed Garrett to a four-year contract last March through 2030 at $40 million a year, <\/a>and fully intend to have him finish his career here. <\/p>\n

Heading into the season finale, Garrett \u2014 coming off seasons of 3-14 and 5-12 \u2014 stressed that he\u2019s not up for more rebuilding in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI quote Maxx (Crosby),\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m committed to winning and as long as the team and the organization are doing so \u2014 they\u2019re committed to that same thing \u2014 then I\u2019m all on board. But if we\u2019re thinking anything other than winning — tanking or rebuilding — it\u2019s not me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Browns are in the midst of a rebuild, but should be able to win in 2026 if they can field a winning quarterback. They\u2019re committing most of their resources to the offensive side of the ball, and hired Monken to orchestrate the revival. As of now, they have Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel in their quarterback room, but they\u2019re open to acquiring another quarterback if need be, either a rookie or a veteran. <\/p>\n

The Browns will also rebuild their offense line, and add some weapons to go along with Harold Fannin Jr., Jerry Jeudy, Quinshon Judkins, Dylan Sampson, Cedric Tillman and Isaiah Bond.<\/p>\n

If Schwartz decides not to return, and the Browns are certainly hopeful he will, Garrett would have his fifth defensive coordinator since 2017. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to allow them to do what they do, give my opinions as they ask for it,\u201d Garrett said heading into the season finale. \u201cAnd then I\u2019ve got to rock with whoever they have here, but love Jim and I love playing for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hopefully for the Browns and their fans, both Schwartz and Garrett will be back in 2026 and just as productive as they were last season. <\/p>\n

Football Insider newsletter free trial: Take a minute and sign up for a free trial<\/a> of our Football Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive content from cleveland.com’s Browns reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 Myles Garrett went viral the day Todd Monken was hired as Browns head coach by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,94863,85,54,94864,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-720132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cincinnati-bengals-2025-2026","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-browns","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-2025-2026","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115992216604278649","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720132","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=720132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}