Browns hire Jacques Cesaire as defensive line coach, OC search continues

Myles Garrett has purchased one other contemporary coach.

The Cleveland Browns accept as true with hired Jacques Cesaire as their defensive line coach to work with Garrett, the accepted to raise AP Defensive Participant of the Twelve months, a person conversant in the cross urged The Associated Press on Saturday.

Cesaire, who spent the previous two seasons in Houston, will substitute Ben Bloom. Or now not it’s possible Bloom will follow Cleveland in one other characteristic, per the person that spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity on story of the personnel is now not asserting any changes except coach Kevin Stefanski completes interviews.

NFL Community was once first to document the 43-year-historical Cesaire’s hiring.

Stefanski has filled several vacancies already and would be closing in on a brand contemporary offensive coordinator.

The Browns accept as true with interviewed five candidates, including Chargers offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, aged Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson.

Stefanski shook up his personnel days after the Browns were routed 45-14 by the Texans in the wild-card spherical of the playoffs. He fired coordinator Alex Van Pelt alongside with operating backs coach Stump Mitchell and selected to now not raise encourage tight ends coach T.C. McCartney.

Cesaire had a hand in Houston’s blowout of the Browns as the Texans’ defensive entrance compelled Cleveland quarterback Joe Flacco someday of the sport. Flacco threw a pair of raise-sixes in the second half of.

The Texans selected to now not renew Cesaire’s contract after the season. In Cleveland, he’ll inherit Garrett, the All-Pro who had 14 sacks and his most dominant season since being drafted first overall in 2017. The Browns furthermore will raise encourage ends Ogbo Okoronkwo and Alex Wright and kind out Dalvin Tomlinson on the league’s prime-rated protection.

Cesaire conducted in 125 games from 2003-11 with the San Diego Chargers. He was once an assistant line coach with Buffalo in 2020-21.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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