A former Cleveland Browns assistant coach more famous for thinking stretching is a waste of time and signaling snaps by flexing his gut has some thoughts about the team’s head coaching situation. Bob Wylie, the Browns offensive line coach from 2017-2018 thinks that the team should have kept Gregg Williams as its head coach and not elevated Freddie Kitchens from offensive coordinator.
Kitchens, of course, didn’t retain Wylie’s services and maybe that has something to do with it. Wylie was obviously such a great offensive coach that his phone line was burning up from other teams trying to hire him to complain about stretching and World War II. Spoiler alert, Wylie is currently unemployed.
“That shocked me because Gregg Williams turned the team around,” Wylie told CBS Sports Radio. “In the second half of the season, that’s his work that got it to where it is. My own personal feeling is Gregg was too strong a candidate for the seat. I don’t think (general manager John) Dorsey wanted to go head-to-head with Gregg like he had to do with Andy Reid in Kansas City, so he kind of filtered Gregg out of the picture and he kept the search going.”
Ex-#Browns OL coach Bob Wylie rips Freddie Kitchens, saying ex-QB coach Ken Zampese 'did all the coaching' in those final 8 games in radio interview with @ZachGelb https://t.co/0utEIeOqvc
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) August 3, 2019
Running back Kareem Hunt activated from Non-Football Injury list
The Browns will finally get to see what they have in free agent acquisition Kareem Hunt. They’ll have to appreciate it while they can though, as Hunt has been suspended for the first eight games of the season after a video surfaced of a physical altercation with a woman in a Cleveland hotel in February of 2018.
#Browns RB Kareem Hunt coming on the field this Sunday morning, no helmet again. Hunt had yet to pass the conditioning test as of yesterday per source, nursing a groun injury suffered before camp. Has been considered “day-to-day” as team has been cautious. Lot of talent awaits. pic.twitter.com/fy03KTklJB
— ig: josinaanderson (@JosinaAnderson) July 28, 2019
Hunt has been sidelined with a groin injury suffered in June’s minicamp.
