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Tommy Rees is sticking with Kevin Stefanski.
Stefanski has hired Rees as the Atlanta Falcons’ next offensive coordinator, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. That will reunite the two coaches after their run with the Browns last season.
Rees spent the last two seasons on staff in Cleveland, and was promoted to offensive coordinator last season. That came after a long run as an assistant and offensive coordinator both at Notre Dame and Alabama.
But the Browns fired Stefanski as their head coach earlier this month after six seasons leading the franchise. That left Rees out of a job, too.
The Falcons hired Stefanski as their next head coach last week. He’ll now replace Raheem Morris, who was fired after three seasons in Atlanta. General manager Terry Fontenot was fired, too. Once that was locked down, Rees was long considered the favorite to take over as the Falcons’ next offensive coordinator.
Though the Browns largely struggled under Stefanski’s leadership, he did win a pair of Coach of the Year awards. The team won a combined eight games over the past two seasons, and have failed to find a permanent quarterback ever since Baker Mayfield left — something that was brought back up by the now Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback on social media this week. Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders all spent time at the position last season, leading to quite a bit of inconsistency on offense.
But now in Atlanta, both Stefanski and Rees appear to be in a much more stable position under fresh leadership. The team still needs to figure things out at quarterback — as Michael Penix Jr. is recovering from an ACL injury, and who knows what Kirk Cousins’ future holds — but the Falcons finished in a three-way tie at the top of the NFC South last season.
Regardless of how Stefanski and Rees solve that problem, the pair seem like a perfect fit to try and rebuild the Falcons together.
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Stefanski has hired Rees as the Atlanta Falcons’ next offensive coordinator, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. That will reunite the two coaches after their run with the Browns last season.
Rees spent the last two seasons on staff in Cleveland, and was promoted to offensive coordinator last season. That came after a long run as an assistant and offensive coordinator both at Notre Dame and Alabama.
But the Browns fired Stefanski as their head coach earlier this month after six seasons leading the franchise. That left Rees out of a job, too.
The Falcons hired Stefanski as their next head coach last week. He’ll now replace Raheem Morris, who was fired after three seasons in Atlanta. General manager Terry Fontenot was fired, too. Once that was locked down, Rees was long considered the favorite to take over as the Falcons’ next offensive coordinator.
Though the Browns largely struggled under Stefanski’s leadership, he did win a pair of Coach of the Year awards. The team won a combined eight games over the past two seasons, and have failed to find a permanent quarterback ever since Baker Mayfield left — something that was brought back up by the now Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback on social media this week. Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders all spent time at the position last season, leading to quite a bit of inconsistency on offense.
But now in Atlanta, both Stefanski and Rees appear to be in a much more stable position under fresh leadership. The team still needs to figure things out at quarterback — as Michael Penix Jr. is recovering from an ACL injury, and who knows what Kirk Cousins’ future holds — but the Falcons finished in a three-way tie at the top of the NFC South last season.
Regardless of how Stefanski and Rees solve that problem, the pair seem like a perfect fit to try and rebuild the Falcons together.
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