Browns hire Todd Monken as HC + Bo Nix takes issue with Sean Payton’s comments about injuries (1/29 Hour 2)
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Mike Florio
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🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The new head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Todd Munkin, Ravens, Offensive Coordinator, |
| 0:11.4 | one of the three finalists for the job. |
| 0:14.6 | At a time when many were saying Jim Schwartz was the favorite, many thought Jim Schwartz would get the job, had done |
| 0:22.8 | great things with the defense. They're number one in the league in 2023. Got no sniffs for head |
| 0:27.3 | coach after that. Number two in the league in 2025, just one yard per game behind the Texans |
| 0:33.3 | as the best defense in the sport. But Todd Munkin gets a job. |
| 0:38.8 | He returns to Cleveland. |
| 0:40.4 | He has most recently been with the Ravens, working with Lamar Jackson. |
| 0:43.4 | There is no Lamar Jackson on the roster in Cleveland. |
| 0:47.2 | Job number one. |
| 0:48.8 | Who's the quarterback going to be? |
| 0:50.9 | I really was surprised by this, though. |
| 0:53.4 | He was the offensive coordinator in 2019 |
| 0:55.5 | under the great Freddie Kitchens. And that was quite a one-year experiment for the Cleveland |
| 1:03.4 | Browns. But Todd Munkin is back. He's back. And, you know, the Browns have made their decision. |
| 1:10.5 | More specifically, Michael Hawley, |
| 1:13.2 | Jimmy Haslam has made his decision. |
| 1:15.9 | Because these decisions are made ultimately by the man in charge of the franchise, as we know. |
| 1:23.8 | And as we've seen time and again since he bought the team some 14 years ago. |
| 1:29.3 | You know, I know you've said this before, and you're right, when you say that the Cleveland Brown, that the Baltimore Ravens, where Todd Monkin was, that Baltimore Ravens are the Cleveland Browns. |
| 1:42.3 | The original Cleveland Browns, the original ones. |
| 1:46.1 | And I know it seems like a long time ago, some people may not remember it, |
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