Browns looking at McDaniels, Roman

The Cleveland Browns head coaching search is on. Requesting permission to interview assistants from two of the top teams in the NFL.

The Cleveland Browns fired Freddie Kitchens Sunday after their loss to the Bengals. Cleveland is already making their targets for their next head coach known. Requesting permission to interview Josh McDaniels of the New England Patriots.

They have also requested permission from Baltimore to interview Greg Roman.

Both potential candidates are offensive minded, so any sort of pendulum swing to a defensive head coach may not be in the cards.

Josh McDaniels is going to be a hot commodity, even with his past. The stop in Denver which did not go well and leaving the Colts at the altar. McDaniels is a person that is clearly valued by those who are running NFL teams. McDaniels is probably going to want a lot of control wherever he ends up. With John Dorsey currently installed as the general manager, it does not appear to be a good fit at this moment. That is if Cleveland decides to keep Dorsey and not make wholesale changes. A McDaniels hire makes sense if Dorsey it out of the picture.

Greg Roman is an interesting candidate. Roman is the architect of the offense in Baltimore that saw Lamar Jackson soar this season and is the clear MVP. Roman also had success previously with Colin Kaepernick in San Francisco. The takeaway here is that both quarterbacks are vastly different than what the Browns have in Baker Mayfield. The fit with Mayfield is a bit questionable. Maybe Roman adapts some concepts to Mayfield’s playing style. Maybe this is just a way to find out a little bit more on how Baltimore is doing things.

The Browns are going to be aggressive and make sure they get “their guy”. Is their guy the right guy? That might be a different story.