Rahim Morris

Former Head Coach Rahim Morris is probably the hottest candidate to be the Browns next Defensive Coordinator.

I truly wish that Chud would reconsider dumping Dick Jauron, but he seems bound and determined to install some sort of hybrid defense.  I don't think Jauron is flexible enough for him.

John Pagano probably stays in San Diego, promoting Morris to the short list.

Rahim Morris is similar, and not at all shy about telling you: He adapts his defense to his talent.  He'll run whatever front makes the most of it, and he prides himself on thinking outside the box.

The Browns do have most of the people to run a 4-3, mainly lacking a passrushing DE to place opposite Sheard.  In an article I couldn't make myself read, it was suggested that the Browns need help at linebacker in this scheme, so I guess everybody on IR died, and the THREE young guys were mirages.

No, here on Earth, the front seven just needs a passrushing DE.

But as I said in a previous post, the Browns are also closer to a 3-4 than most people ASSUME.  

The beauty of the hybrid notion is that the passrushing DE in question could also be a 3-4 outside linebacker!

Austin English and Gocong will come off IR next season and hopefully be in good shape.  Gocong, a converted passrushing DE himself, is a given OLB candidate, and English has the tools--although I doubt that you'd want his hand on the ground.

While my theories about Taylor and Wynn at 3-4 DE are outside the sheep-pen and have yet to be proven, if I'm right, this defense is ONE PLAYER away from a soup-to-nuts hybrid defense.

If not Jauron, let it be Morris.