Add another name to the Browns’ interview-request list. The team is seeking permission to meet with Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com tweets. An interview is expected to occur this week, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
The former Lions head coach has been the Eagles’ DC since 2016. Schwartz’s first NFL job, however, came with the Browns. Prior to the original Browns morphing into the Ravens, Schwartz worked as a scout from 1993-95.
Schwartz, 53, was involved in the 2018 interview cycle but not much in last year’s. The Giants interviewed Schwartz in 2018. In 2016, the Browns were interested in bringing Schwartz to Cleveland as their defensive coordinator under Hue Jackson. Schwartz ultimately wound up in Philadelphia, where he oversaw the Eagles’ 2017 Super Bowl champion defense.
Under Schwartz, the Eagles finished 12th in defensive DVOA. They ranked fourth, fifth and 15th from 2016-18, with the championship group ranking in the top 10 in both run- and pass-defense DVOA. This year’s Eagles were fourth in run-defense DVOA, a staple of their recent defenses under Schwartz.
Following Schwartz’s five-year tenure in Detroit, he spent the 2014 season as Buffalo’s DC under Doug Marrone. Schwartz inherited one of the worst situations in modern coaching history, taking over a Lions team that had gone 0-16 in 2008, and elevated the team to the playoffs in 2011. Overall, Schwartz went just 29-51 as Lions HC. He joins a lengthy list of candidates connected to the Browns. Josh McDaniels is believed to be the favorite and will interview this week.
This dude def has padlocked chest freezers in his basement
ugh not again. we have enough issues to solve, dont make us need a DC too.
May the Schwartz be with you
Rooney rule – minority of sucking at coaching
The Kotite Rule
Blast the heavy metal and rotate the DT’s
I’d like to throw Brian Shottenheimer in the list of possibilities. Shottenheimer is the OC with Seattle. The media and the Browns keep making comparisons with Mayfield and Russell Wilson. Go get Seattle’s OC and see if he can turn Baker around.
It’s a huge mistake to hire a HC on the assumption he can be a personal tutor to one player. What happens if that player has an Alex Smith type injury? Do you want a coach who is going to make the other 52 players on the roster feel that they are just accessories?
so I just double checked in the dictionary and by dumpster-fire is not a picture of the browns logo…could have fooled me
I just threw up in my mouth
You mean you don’t want a guy with a 29-51 record who only made one playoff game in five years?
Also slated to be interviewed – Jim Shorts.
Was that supposed to be a joke?
Baker is probably crying for Lincoln Riley
Any rumors about Jason Garrett getting an interview?
I’m not sure Vince McMahon is that desperate.
Schwartz is a solid DC but his personality is a bit too polarizing for him to be a HC. It’s hard to imagine his ego and Odell’s co-existing in peace.
Schwartz has such a punchable face
Please take him.