Stump Mitchell Sends Message to Browns After Abrupt Firing

The Cleveland Browns made some sweeping changes to the offensive coaching staff this week, and run game coordinator/running backs coach Stump Mitchell got caught in the shift.

Cleveland fired Mitchell, along with offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, and made the decision not to retain tight ends coach T.C. McCartney on Wednesday, January 17, per Josina Anderson of CBS Sports. On Thursday, Mitchell filed an official statement of response, in which he thanked the ownership group, general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski. Mitchell then addressed the players he’s coached along the way, including those remaining on the roster.

I need to communicate my true because of the players and running backs who wore the Browns cap, doing their absolute best to make progress on Game Day. I gave my endeavors to expand your persistent effort and ability, and it has been a compensating venture.

The Browns association assumed a urgent part in embracing my vision of integrating the Bill Willis Variety Training Cooperation into their system. Throughout the course of recent years, this program has given open doors to three youthful Dark mentors, beginning with Ashton Award, trailed by Israel Woolfork, presently filling in as the Quarterback mentor for the Arizona Cardinals, and Nemo Washington.

Most importantly, I’m profoundly thankful for the faithful help of my family and my affection for the devoted and dedicated devotees of Ohio, especially the Browns Benefactors. Your help is genuinely valued. I anticipate the following period of my training profession

Stump Mitchell Has Been NFL Mentor for a considerable length of time, Including Most recent 5 Years for Earthy colors

Mitchell played running back in the NFL for a considerable length of time between 1981-89 for the Cardinals, first in St. Louis for eight seasons and afterward in Phoenix for his last two, per Genius Football Reference.

He has invested twofold that energy as a mentor in the NFL, incorporating nine years with the Seattle Seahawks where he started that period of his profession in 1999. Mitchell then, at that point, enjoyed two years with the establishment presently known as the Washington Authorities, per Ace Football History.

He was out of expert football for the following three seasons prior to getting on as the Arizona Cardinals running backs mentor in 2013. Before accepting the same position with the New York Jets, Mitchell spent three seasons in the desert. He lived in New York from 2017 to 2018, before joining the Browns in 2019 as the running backs coach and run game coordinator. He stayed in Cleveland until Wednesday, when the team let him go.

Scratch Chubb Potential Compensation Cap Setback as Browns Enter Offseason

The association’s choice to leave behind Mitchell is interested in light of multiple factors. The first is that the offense was heavenly since the appearance of Joe Flacco, yet it was the offense that the group chose to update.

Since Mitchell joined the team in 2019, the running game in particular has been of the highest caliber. A major piece of that will be that his residency in Cleveland started one year after the Browns drafted Scratch Chubb.

Chubb acquired outings to four back to back Ace Dishes from 2019-22 after the group chosen him in the subsequent round (No. 35 in general) in front of the 2018 season. Chubb experienced a season-finishing knee injury in Week 2 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, leaving second-year running back Jerome Portage as the starter.

Portage succeeded in that job, completing the year with 813 surging yards and 4 hurrying TDs as well as 44 gets for 319 yards and 5 scores, per Master Football Reference.

The blend of Portage’s prosperity and Mitchell’s terminating, alongside the way that Chubb is entering the last time of a three-year, $36.6 million arrangement in 2024 with a compensation cap hit north of $15.8 million, loans belief to the thought that Chubb is among the group’s top contender to turn into a compensation cap setback this offseason.

The Browns can save more than $11.8 million by cutting or trading Chubb in the coming months, despite being nearly $14 million short on the cap for next season.