Getting To Know Todd Monken (Plus Some SEC / Big Ten Talk)

Zac Jackson and Friends

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4.7 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Zac Jackson and Seth Emerson, national college football writer for The Athletic, talk about Todd Monken and how Monken's time at Georgia shaped his journey back to the NFL. Plus, some more Monken tidbits and a discussion on the end of the SECs reign as college football's most dominant force. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:10.0	Zach Jackson and friends. It is Monday. January 87th. It's minus four degrees. It's actually February. It's actually Super Bowl week. It was on this day a year ago that Miles Garrett dropped the trade demand.
0:42.4	Don't think another one's coming this year, but you never quite know.
0:47.7	Going a little out of order here now, we're into the off season, so much of the podcast stuff will be out of order.
0:55.5	We will be talking basketball.
0:57.2	The NBA trade deadline is this Thursday, and after the Cavs traded DeAndre Hunter last weekend,
1:03.0	feels like a move to give them flexibility if a big move and maybe a really, really, really big move becomes available.
1:11.3	Does that actually happen?
1:13.7	Probably not, but I don't know.
1:15.1	On Tuesday, the Browns will introduce Todd Munkin, his introductory press conference,
1:20.0	noon Tuesday in Berea, as the process goes on with Todd Munkin building a staff,
1:26.0	doing interviews, bringing in people.
1:30.2	Jim Schwartz remains under contract with the Browns.
1:33.9	The number of potential Jim Schwartz landing spots as a defensive coordinator have dwindled.
1:39.4	Now, maybe Philly makes a change.
1:41.2	Maybe Vic Fangio retires or is asked to retire.
2:03.3	But other than that, I don't see a landing spot for Jim Schwartz. Buffalo's filled. The Niners job has been filled. So we will see. The lack of activity feels like the Browns think the lack of activity from anybody on the defensive coaching staff. Let me clarify. Feels like the Browns think that they're going to get Jim Schwartz back. And because he's under contract, they thought that all along. We're trying to figure out the dynamics of that
2:08.5	situation and how it would work. I do think that if you're getting a locked in and happy to be
2:14.9	there, Jim Schwartz, it would be a win. This is about winning and you make a coaching change because you didn't win enough.
2:23.0	When you look at the schedule and this always changes in the NFL, the 26 Browns should have an opportunity to win a few games.
2:31.3	The bigger picture issues obviously are the building, the construction of this offense, which has been awful.
2:36.7	There are major holes to fill across the offense.
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