Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken will have to wait another year to be in his first NFL annual group coaches photo. Monken reportedly missed the photo after getting a haircut for the photoshoot at the time pictures were taken, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot.
Monken found out that he arrived at the photoshoot 20 minutes after the picture had been taken after running into Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen. The photo was taken immediately after a coaching meeting that Monken also missed due to his haircut.
Luckily for Monken, he was not the only NFL head coach not in the picture. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was also not in the picture. For Monken, there is always next year, as he reportedly joked that now he has extra incentive for not being a one-and-done head coach.
While mistakes happen, Monken has little room for error as the first-year head coach who hopes to lead the Browns to success after a two-year playoff drought. Monken’s first order of business will be identifying a starting quarterback.
Monken has refused to name a starting quarterback, as the Browns are expected to have a quarterback competition with Deshaun Watson and second-year quarterbacks Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel. Watson was the team’s starter since being acquired from the Texans but was sidelined last season with a torn Achilles. Sanders and Gabriel each started parts of their rookie seasons.
Monken was previously the offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens and Georgia Bulldogs, where he has helped in Lamar Jackson’s and Stetson Bennett’s development. The Browns will soon find out if Monken is cut out to be the Browns’ head coach.
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