Ex-DC on Browns exit: Forced marriages fail
Key takeaways
- And that was a decision they made," Schwartz told the "Ryan Ripken Show" on Tuesday.
- "Anybody that's in any business, you get passed over for a promotion when you've done a really, really good job in your job and you think you were in line for that promotion, it's time to go.
- Schwartz, 60, spent the past three seasons as the Browns' defensive coordinator and was one of the finalists to replace Kevin Stefanski as head coach after he was fired.
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And that was a decision they made," Schwartz told the "Ryan Ripken Show" on Tuesday. "They wanted to go with an offensive guy. They chose Todd [Monken]. I'm fine with that. They can make decisions that they want to make, but they can't expect me to stay on board for that.
"Anybody that's in any business, you get passed over for a promotion when you've done a really, really good job in your job and you think you were in line for that promotion, it's time to go. And Todd deserved his own guy. A forced marriage isn't going to work in the NFL."
Schwartz, 60, spent the past three seasons as the Browns' defensive coordinator and was one of the finalists to replace Kevin Stefanski as head coach after he was fired. Cleveland, though, ultimately hired Monken, who served as the Baltimore Ravens' offensive coordinator for the past three seasons. It marked the second time that Schwartz had been passed over for the Browns' head coaching job; he also came up short in the 2020 cycle that ended with Cleveland hiring Stefanski.