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BEREA — Tommy Rees won’t be the Browns’ play-caller this fall. However, the new offensive coordinator isn’t letting that minor detail hinder what he sees as an major career opportunity.
The Browns officially hired Rees last week. However, Thursday was the first time he was able to answer questions about the opportunity presented to him.
“Yeah, Cleveland is where I wanted to be,” Rees said. “I took this job a year ago wanting to be with Coach [Kevin] Stefanski, wanting to be a part of this organization. Obviously the fan base, what this organization represents, the division we’re in, all those things added up. So if this was going to be an opportunity for me, this was the one that I wanted to be a part of.”
Rees, 32, is the third offensive coordinator Cleveland has had since Stefanski was hired as head coach in 2020. He directly replaces Ken Dorsey, who was fired after the Browns’ 3-14 season in his only year in Cleveland.
Last season, Rees was the Browns’ tight ends coach/pass game specialist. It was his first season as an NFL position coach, and only his second season as an NFL assistant, having spent the 2016 as an offensive assistant
Follow along here for updates throughout Rees’ introductory news conference:
Tommy Rees on correcting pre-snap penalties
The Browns were plagued by pre-snap penalties during their 3-14 season. Those penalties were often the cause for multiple promising drives or scoring chances to blow up.
So how does an offensive coordinator fix those mistakes?
“Yeah, look, I think a lot of clarity needs to be in the teaching progression on how we make sure that those things are taught, how we practice them,” Rees said. “There are small changes here and there that we can do in our structure and how we want to make sure we maximize those things and we have to hold ourselves and our players accountable to…
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Publish date : 2025-01-23 13:00:00
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