3 Worst Head Coach Hires Browns Could Possibly Make

The Cleveland Browns are the only one of the five teams that parted ways with their head coach not to have named a successor as of the close of business hours on Wednesday. The perfect hire would be someone that can combine keen schematic innovation with an ability to lead and assemble a quality coaching staff built on accountability. On their best day, these three potential head coaches can't master those three commandments, and they would likely continue the Browns' cycle of mediocrity.

3. Brian Daboll

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Brian Daboll, a former tight ends coach with the Patriots and offensive coordinator with Alabama, has done a wonderful job of helping Josh Allen develop as a quarterback. However, dropping the Bills offensive coordinator into the absolute minefield that is the Cleveland organization could ruin his mojo as a play caller and leader. He has no head coaching experience, and there is no evidence that he can bring in a quality staff for a Browns roster in desperate need of exactly that. Daboll will make a fine head coach at some point, but this Browns job is too heavy of an undertaking for a greenhorn. See "Kitchens, Freddie."

2. Josh McDaniels

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Josh McDaniels was Sean McVay before Sean McVay, as he took the Denver Broncos' head coaching job at just 32 years old, but was promptly given the boot before he could complete his second season. He returned to being a terrific offensive coordinator in New England, but that unit as a whole was a disappointment this season, and McDaniels has to be saddled with a great deal of the blame for it. Hiring a failed retread from a decade ago isn't going to get the Browns winning again, even if it'll help Baker Mayfield's passer rating.

1. Jim Schwartz

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This one makes no sense. Jim Schwartz took over the 0-16 Detroit Lions in 2009, and while he turned them around surprisingly fast, he went 29-51 in five years and never won a playoff game. His tenure as Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator has been marred with inconsistency, underperforming, and some puzzling play calls. THAT is the guy who is going to walk into the nuclear mess that is the Browns and get things running again? Hopefully, the Haslam family doesn't bite on Schwartz.