{"id":735986,"date":"2026-02-07T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735986\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:16:24","slug":"ny-giants-news-ol-coach-from-bill-callahan-tree-hired-by-john-harbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735986\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Giants news: OL coach from Bill Callahan tree hired by John Harbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bloomgren was offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns under Kevin Stefanski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Giants fans hoping for Jeff Stoutland, who recently stepped down as offensive line coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, will be disappointed. The other name that had been prominently mentioned as a possibility was Juan Castillo, a long-time offensive line coach now at Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">John Harbaugh, though, has selected the 49-year-old Bloomgren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last season was Bloomgren\u2019s first as an NFL offensive line coach. Cleveland\u2019s line ranked 31st in the NFL, per Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jared Mueller of SB Nation\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dawgsbynature.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dawgs by Nature<\/a>, which covers the Browns, said Bloomgren did not have much of a chance in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cOur line stunk but it was old and injured,\u201d Mueller said. \u201cHe comes from the [Bill] Callahan tree but our line wasn\u2019t big enough to run power plays and wasn\u2019t fast enough to run outside zone stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Here is how bad things were for Bloomgren\u2019s group:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bill Callahan, of course, has a reputation as one of the best offensive line coaches in the NFL Bloomgren worked under Callahan as an offensive quality control coach and then an offensive assistant with the New York Jets from 2007-2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That time with the Jets was Bloomgren\u2019s only NFL experience before working with the Browns last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bloomgren coached the offensive line at Stanford from 2011-2017, and doubled as offensive coordinator there beginning in 2012. He was head coach at Rice from 2018-2024, compiling a 24-52 record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Your thoughts on the hire, Giants fans?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bloomgren was offensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns under Kevin Stefanski. 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