Browns Hire Jauron D-coordinator.

• Writerbuckeye

  

  KR1245;648615 wrote:I agree. Give it a rest already.
  
  
  Anways, I really like this hire. As others have already said, a DC with experience will really help out a rookie HC.

  
  I'm sort of meh about this hire.
  
  Here are the defensive rankings (overall) for his defenses where he's coached.
  
  Defense Rankings
  1995 - 99 Jacksonville's DC.
  1995 - 21st
  1996 - 15th
  1997 - 23rd
  1998 - 25th
  
  1999-2003 (part of 2003) Head Coach of Chicago Bears
  99- 29th
  00 - 16th
  01 - 15th
  02 - 25th
  
  2004-2005 Detroit Lions DC
  04 - 22nd
  05 - 20th
  
  2006-2009 (part of 2009) Head Coach of Buffalo Bills
  06- 18th
  07 - 31st
  08 - 14th
  09 - 19th
  
  Yes, most of those are better than Cleveland's rankings have been, but there also isn't one top 10 year in all that coaching.
  
  We better hope the switch to the WCO yields lots of points.
• hoops23

  

  Writer, if you wouldn't mind, what were his rankings in terms of PPG allowed?
• hoops23

  

  Year/ Team / Position / Defense Rank Yds per Game / Defense Rank Pts per Game
  
  '95 Jax (DC) 21/28
  '96 Jax (DC) 15/20
  '97 Jax (DC) 23/15
  '98 Jax (DC) 25/17
  '99 Chi (HC) 29/21
  '00 Chi (HC) 16/20
  '01 Chi (HC) 1/5
  '02 Chi (HC) 25/ 25
  '03 Chi (HC) 14/22
  '04 Det (DC) 22/18
  '05 Det (DC/HC) 20/21
  '06 Buf (HC) 18/10
  '07 Buf (HC) 31/18
  '08 Buf (HC) 14/14
  '09 Buf (HC) 19/16
  
  His teams were usually pretty solid in terms of PA, which imo, is obviously the more important stat.
• hoops23

  

  And just because I was curious, I looked up some stats for a certain defensive guru and how he fared during one of his worst tenures of his career as a DC:
  
  1984- 16th
  1985-26th
  1986-23rd
  1987-24th
  1988-16th
  1989-7th
  199019th
  1991-28th
  
  That was for the Bengals when there was only 28 teams in the league. The guy is currently a DC on another AFC North team.
  
  In the end, you need the players. The Browns have some pieces, but they still need more.
• jordo212000

  

  hoops23;648536 wrote:WTF?
  
  I'm pretty sure stats wouldn't back up your claim.
  
  I loved rob Ryan as much as anybody, but his defensive rankings have NEVER been that great. I'd sometimes get frustrated with his inability to adapt to a game. Our defense could not get pressure on anybody, yet he'd continue to try and blitz while our secondary is getting burnt.
  
  Also, the Browns had trouble stopping teams when they needed too.
  
  IMO, as much as I liked the guy, he's a bit overrated as a DC, just because of who his brother is.

  
  Think his defensive rankings may not be up to snuff because he has been employed by two of the worst franchises in the league (Raiders & Browns)? And yes, before you say anything, the Bengals are also among the worst. So let's get that out of the way.
  
  Ryan is a good coordinator, that's for sure. He has always been able to maximize production with his defenses. He's usually undermanned too. This past season, the Browns had a very solid defense, just ask the Patriots. And Ryan was able to do it with duct tape for the most part. The young DBs (Haden, Ward) were bright spots but other than that, look at their front 7. Rogers is a nice player and Rubin emerged, but other than those guys... they had zero playmakers. Especially at the LB position.
  
  They were finally getting the right pieces to play the 3-4 and then they just flush it all down the toilet again. There is something to said about having continuity
• Laley23

  

  Jauron was with an expansion team and the Lions as the DC. Virtually impossible to succeed. Even as a Head Coach, he was with the Bills. I would be concerned about the Bears having a poor defense with him in charge, but again, even if you are a defensive minded HC, its the D-Coordinator who makes the calls.
• GoChiefs

  

  jordo212000;648881 wrote: just ask the Patriots.

  
  The Steelers disagree.