Apparently the Browns are not going to sit around any longer and wait on their coaching search, as NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport is tweeting that it looks more and more like Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson is their man.
Things are about to get interesting. #Browns are set to make a big push to hire Hue Jackson, source said. They'd like to close it out.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 11, 2016
Jackson has one year of head coaching experience under his belt, that being in the 2011 season in Oakland when the Raiders began the year 7-4, but missed the playoffs and wrapped up the year 8-8.
He led the Bengals to the 15th ranked offense in the NFL this season, averaging 358 yards per game, and helped them go 12-4 and win the AFC North before losing in dramatic fashion Saturday 18-16 to the Steelers in the AFC Wild Card game in Cincinnati.
Earlier today Connor Orr of NFL.com wrote that Browns WR Terrelle Pryor would love to see Jackson be the next head coach of the Browns
“Every day when I woke up (in Oakland), I was like, ‘man, I get to go to work,'” Pryor, a former Raider and Bengal under Jackson, told Cleveland.com. “I wasn’t even playing in 2011 when Hue was head coach, and you don’t always feel a part of things. But Hue made it fun every single time.”
Alonso Pitbull
January 11, 2016 at 6:21 pm
THANK GOD FOR ONCE THEY ARE GOING FOR A COACH WHO HAS ACTUAL HEAD COACH EXPERIENCE AND IS RESPECTED LEAGUE WIDE. ALSO BEING A PLAYERS COACH WILL HOPEFULLY KEEP J. THOMAS FROM ASKING TO BE TRADED AND MAYBE HEEP MACK IN THE FOLS TO.