The Browns formally reported that they have included three position coaches to the coaching staff. They bring in Tommy Rees as the unused tight ends/pass amusement master, Duce Staley as running backs coach and Jacques Cesaire as the protective line coach.
Let’s take a see at each of the three coaches.
Tommy Rees
As the previous Alabama hostile facilitator and quarterbacks coach, Rees joins the Browns as the tight ends/pass amusement master.
“Tommy has built up himself as one of the best collaborator coaches in college football and I have no question that will move to the NFL,” head coach Kevin Stefanski said. “He has an mind blowing football insight and I see forward to bringing his knowledge and interesting point of view from best college programs to our offense.”
Rees went through one season with Alabama as the hostile facilitator and quarterbacks coach for the 2023 season. In his solitary season with Alabama, Rees made a difference coach the Dark red Tide to a 12-2 season, with a win within the SEC Championship Diversion and a trip to the College Football Playoff elimination round – where they misplaced to the possible national winner Michigan.
He already went through six seasons as a portion of Notre Dame’s coaching staff, to begin with as the quarterbacks coach from 2017-19, and after that as the hostile facilitator and quarterbacks coach from 2020-22. In three a long time as Notre Dame’s hostile facilitator, the group found the middle value of more than 30 focuses per diversion each year and progressed to the College Football Playoff in 2020 after posting an undefeated standard season.
Rees started his coaching career in 2015 as a graduate collaborator with Northwestern. He at that point went through a season with the San Diego Chargers in 2016 as an hostile right hand. He finished his collegiate career after four seasons at Notre Woman, where he wrapped up moment in school history with 61 landing passes and third with 7,351 passing yards.
Rees takes over a tight closes room that highlights Professional Bowler David Njoku, who driven the Browns with 81 gatherings and six landing catches within the 2023 season. Njoku too wrapped up the season with 882 accepting yards.
Duce Staley
As the previous Jaguars running backs coach amid the 2023 season, Staley will take on a comparative part as the unused running backs coach for the Browns.
“Duce was a intense, hard-nosed running back in this alliance and brings the mind-set and vitality to his coaching style that’s required within the running backs room,” Stefanski said. “He knows how to induce the foremost out of his players and has worked with a few of the leading running backs within the NFL. We are energized to have him driving our running backs.”
Staley brings 25 a long time of encounter as both an NFL player and coach, as he has won a Super Bowl as both a player and coach amid his NFL residency. He started his NFL coaching career with the Hawks, beginning off in 2010 as the uncommon groups quality control coach for two seasons. He at that point got to be the running backs coach from 2013-2020 and included partner head coach to his title from 2018-20.
In 2017, he made a difference the Hawks wrap up third within the alliance with 132.2 hurrying yards per amusement as the group won Super Bowl LII. Staley too made a difference RB LeSean McCoy win first-team All-Pro respects in 2013 and five Master Bowl choices (2013-17). In 2013, McCoy driven the NFL with 1,607 surging yards and 2,146 scrimmage yards.
Staley at that point went through two seasons in Detroit from 2021-22 as the partner head coach and running backs coach. Under his heading, RB Jamaal Williams driven the NFL and set a Lions franchise record with 17 hurrying touchdowns in 2022.
His NFL playing career moreover started with the Falcons, as he was drafted as a third-round choose by Philadelphia in 1997. He went through seven seasons with the Falcons from 1997-2003 and wrapped up his playing career with the Steelers from 2004-06, winning Super Bowl XL with Pittsburgh. Staley played in 114 career recreations and racked up 5,785 surging yards on 1,430 carries with 24 hurrying touchdowns, whereas including 287 career gatherings for 2,587 yards with 10 touchdowns.
The Browns run diversion battled all through the 2023 season after they misplaced star RB Scratch Chubb in Week 2 to a season-ending knee harm. They utilized the trio of Kareem Chase, Jerome Portage and Pierre Solid Jr. to run the ball, and wrapped up the season 12th within the NFL. Portage driven the Browns with 813 surging yards and four touchdowns, whereas Chase ran for 411 hurrying yards and a team-high nine hurrying touchdowns. Solid wrapped up with 291 surging yards and one landing.
Jacques Cesaire
Protectively, the Browns made one coaching alter, bringing in Cesaire as the modern protective line coach. He served as the Texans cautious line coach for two seasons.
“Jacques brings vitality and a demonstrated track record as both a player and coach in this alliance,” Stefanski said. “He has made his affect felt in each put he has been, and we know he will come in and work to extend an as of now tall standard for our protective line.”
He started his coaching career when he went through five seasons as the protective line coach at the College of San Diego, from 2015-19. Cesaire coached DL Jonathan Petersen from 2015-17, who set a Football Championship Subdivision record with 44.0 career sacks.
Cesaire at that point transitioned to the NFL as the Bills collaborator cautious line coach from 2020-21. In his to begin with season with Buffalo in 2020, the Bills positioned 6th within the NFL with an 80.5 pass hurrying review, per Master Football Center. At that point in 2021, Cesaire made a difference coach a unit that driven the NFL in both add up to defense (272.8 yards pe amusement) and scoring defense (17.0 focuses per amusement).
He at that point was contracted by the Texans as their protective line coach in 2022 and 2023. In his to begin with season with the Texans, Cesaire had a blend of both ingenious and youthful players on his protective line. That season, the defense recorded 11 multi-sack diversions amid the season, with DE Jerry Hughes driving the Texans with 9.0 sacks. At that point in 2023, the Texans wrapped up 6th in ceasing the run, permitting fair 96.6 yards per diversion.
He moreover created 2023 NFL third by and large draft choose DE Will Anderson, who was named the 2023 PFWA Protective Rookie of the Year. Anderson set a Texans rookie record with seven sacks and was named to the Master Bowl.
Cesaire moreover went through nine seasons as a protective conclusion with the San Diego Chargers. He played in 125 diversions with 66 begins, and totaled 275 handles, 12.5 sacks, 27 handles for misfortune, three constrained bobbles and one mishandle recuperation.
The Browns protective line – secured by DE Myles Garrett – was a solid suit of one the NFL’s best resistances amid the 2023 season. Garrett recorded a team-high 14 sacks this season, and included four constrained mishandles, 42 handles – with 33 solo handles – 17 handles for misfortune, 30 quarterback hits and three passes protected amid the 2023 season.
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