Raritäten/Infos » CLEVELAND (AP) — Freddie Kitchens got his formal

Genard Avery Color Rush Jersey , sit-down interview with the Browns. He aced the on-field one.Kitchens, who in eight weeks rose from unknown assistant to hot coaching commodity, became the seventh candidate to interview for Cleveland's juicy job on Monday. Kitchens met with members of the club's search committee led by general manager John Dorsey and including owner Jimmy Haslam, who were already impressed by what the 44-year-old did on an interim basis.Taking over play-calling duties on Oct. 29 when coordinator Todd Haley was fired, Kitchens transformed Cleveland's offense while forging a strong relationship with quarterback Baker Mayfield, who set the NFL rookie record with 29 touchdown passes. Kitchens jump-started the biggest turnaround season in club history and may now get the chance to do more — or stick around as the team's next offensive coordinator.The Browns think so much of Kitchens that they've denied other teams permission to interview him. He's under contract, and if the club decides to hire another coach, it's clear they want Kitchens around.He began the season coaching running backs before being promoted to coordinator when Haley and coach Hue Jackson were dumped following a loss in Pittsburgh. But once Kitchens got his hands on Cleveland's offense, nothing was the same.The Browns improved in virtually every statistical category under Kitchens, who showed fearlessness and imagination in his play-calling. He employed a "Wishbone-type" backfield formation, had wide receiver Jarvis Landry throw several passes and had Mayfield pitch the ball to himself before completing a long TD pass in the season finale at Baltimore.With Kitchens in charge, Cleveland's offense was balanced, unpredictable and exciting.Mayfield was magnificent.In eight games under Kitchens, Mayfield completed 68 percent of his passes https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Austin-Corbett-Jersey , threw 19 TDs and just eight interceptions and was sacked only five times."He's moved the ball," Dorsey said last week when asked about Kitchens' impact. "He's gotten the ball out of the quarterback's hands quicker. He's put some flair and different route combinations together that help out the quarterback. I just think overall he's kind of moved the bar on the offensive side of the ball."Kitchens never once campaigned to be Cleveland's coach, but said leading a team was his goal."Definitely. No doubt," Kitchens said in his thick, Alabama drawl when asked if he had head coaching ambitions. "I heard the other day somebody say something about I wasn't ready to be a head coach. I mean, who the hell's ready to be a head coach? You have a resume that you check off the list and everything?"Kitchens' resume stacks up with any of the other candidates Cleveland has met with so far.The Browns are now in their second week of interviews, which began with interim coach Gregg Williams, who went 5-3 after replacing Jackson. The Browns have also interviewed former Colts and Lions coach Jim Caldwell, Saints assistant head coach/tight ends coach Dan Campbell, Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores and Vikings interim offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski.It's possible Dorsey will meet with former Packers coach Mike McCarthy, but no interview has been scheduled. The Browns are very familiar with McCarthy, who worked with Dorsey, assistant GM Eliot Wolf and vice president of player personnel Alonzo Highsmith in Green Bay. The Cleveland Browns’ 2018 season came to an end today and unlike so many other previous ones Nick Chubb Jersey , this one is sad to see end. I talk about the game and the season during the final postgame Ez Does It of the year.Baker Mayfield did end up setting the rookie passing record, and also did a whole bunch of other really impressive things this year.The future is quite bright, even if his performance today was shakier than what we’ve become accustomed to. Also, the NCAA College playoff paradigm - just felt like it was worth touching on (and a nice break-away from thinking about the game).Basically Notre Dame should have never been considered for a variety of reasons.Also, what about coaches of teams who have made the playoffs but still start their stars? After that it’s all about the head coaching question.After that question will come the one about the few players that we need to consider resigning (say have you ever noticed that we took THREE former first round picks that other teams had given up and saw them basically resurrect their careers with us?Have you noticed that?) and then, of course, the draft.Give a listen by hitting the player at the top of the screen, the widget in between the article and comments’ section (of not just this but every DBN article), by subscribing via pretty much all the available podcast services, or by hitting up this action box:Going to close this out with something different.Last week our friend ShockerBrown was at the home win vs. Cincinnati, and was good enough to capture some of it on digital film.What follows is a collection or random photos with no further context, starting with the Rally Possum!