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Cleveland Browns are in the process of adding Washington Redskins director of
pro personnel Morocco Brown to the front office, a person with knowledge of the
situation confirmed.
Brown, who has
been with Washington
since 2008, interviewed with the Browns over the weekend.
Brown had been
passed over for several general manager positions despite interviews in the
last three years. Earlier this offseason, he interviewed with Tampa Bay,
but did not receive an offer for that job.
It wasn’t
immediately clear what title Brown would hold with Cleveland, but it is believed that it will be
a high-ranking position in the front office. Brown has worked under director of
player personnel Scott Campbell, reporting to both Campbell and general manager
Bruce Allen.
Brown was
instrumental in the Redskins signing free agents under Mike Shanahan, most
notably Barry Cofield, Stephen Bowen, and Josh Wilson during the 2010
offseason. Candidates to replace Brown include front office assistants Doug
Williams and A.J. Smith, who have joined the Redskins in the last year and two
years, respectively. Former Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan was
hired this offseason to direct Cleveland’s
offense.
Update, 5:37 p.m:
“I think it’s a
great opportunity for Morocco
for his continued development,” Redskins General Manager Bruce Allen said as he
left Tuesday’s NFL owners’ meeting in Atlanta.
“Him and his wife are great people and we wish them well.” Allen, as he left
the meeting with Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, said the team is about to begin
conducting interviews to find a replacement . “we start interviews this week,”
Allen said. “This has been going on. We’ve known this for a few weeks. So we’ve
already started setting up interviews.” Have a Redskins question? Send an
e-mail to mike.jones@washpost.com with the subject line “Mailbag question,” and
it might be answered on Tuesday in The Mailbag.1014-5-30
