CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns are in the running for Duce Staley, the former Panthers running backs coach they interviewed this week.Staley, 48, replaces Stump Mitchell, who was fired Wednesday, the same day the Browns fired offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt and tight ends coaches T.C. McCartney.Staley spent the day interviewing with the Browns at the CrossCountry Mortgage campus in Berea, and they plan to make him an offer, a league source told cleveland.com. But the Jets plan to do the same, the source said.MORE CLEVELAND BROWNSRemaining AFC Playoff QBs Raise Deshaun Watson’s Level Far Above Browns 2024 Playoffs —
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Mary Kay CabotIn Cleveland, Staley would take over a running game that ranked 12th in the NFL this season despite missing the four-time Pro Bowl. Nick Chubb suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 2. In Chubb’s absence, the Browns took care of the ball from a committee, with Jerome Ford leading the way with 813 yards (4.0 avg.) and four touchdowns and Kareem Hunt with 411 yards (3.0 avg.) and a team-high nine TDs. Pierre Strong Jr. finished third on the team with 291 yards (4.6 avg.) and TD.But in the running game in a 45-14 loss to the Texans in the wild-card round, he totaled 56 yards on 20 carries, a 2.8-yard average against the league’s No. 6 run defense. 4,444 4,444 Staley, a third-round pick of the Eagles out of South Carolina in 1997, was a Super Bowl player with the Steelers in 2005 and a coach with the Eagles in 2017. Staley spent five of his 10 seasons there. In Philadelphia (2011-20) with Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, including a Super Bowl-winning team when they beat the Patriots 41-33 in the 2017 postseason.
He also served as the Lions’ assistant head coach and running backs coach in 2021 and 2022 and the Panthers’ assistant head coach and running backs coach in 2023. The Panthers were 1-10 when Staley, head coach Frank Reich and quarterbacks coach Josh McCown were fired in November. Their offense was last in the NFL and their running game was 20th..
