Mike Vrabel

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports the Browns hired former Titans head coach Mike Vrabel as a consultant.

Per The Athletic’s Robert Mays, the plan is for Vrabel “to act as a sounding board for Kevin Stefanski.” The Titans fired Vrabel after two disappointing seasons despite him having an impressive body of work with the team as a whole. He received numerous head coaching interviews after being let go but couldn’t land any of them. A year working with the Browns, likely on the defensive side of the ball, will allow Vrabel to rehab an image that hardly needs it in the first place. Assuming all goes well for him in Cleveland, Vrabel will get head coaching considerations again next offseason.