Browns coach Todd Monken misses NFL coaches group photo over haircut mix-up

Todd Monken was actually trying ahead to his first image day as the top coach of the Cleveland Brownswhen all 32 coaches have been scheduled to look in Phoenix on the NFL annual league assembly this week.

However, Monken by no means made it to the group photo, and Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot discovered a haircut was guilty.

Monken arrange a haircut particularly for the photo Monday, and he believed he timed the scenario completely, writing in his agenda that the photo was scheduled for midday Pacific time in Phoenix.

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But when Monken bumped into Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, I’ve discovered the photo was already taken.

It wasn’t that Monken was late. Instead, a coaches assembly, which I skipped, set free early, and so they determined to take the photo with all of the coaches assembled. Well, not all of the coaches.

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Monken wasn’t the one coach not within the photo, although. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was additionally absent from the photo.

While Monken might have missed the image, he hasn’t missed sharing his ideas about his quarterback depth chart heading into his first season on the job in Cleveland.

All eyes are on Monken and his workers selecting an eventual starter for the Browns, whether or not he’s a veteran Deshaun Watsonwho could possibly be on monitor to return in 2026; Shedeur Sanders; or Dillon Gabriel.

Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken earlier than a sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore Dec. 1, 2024. (Mitch Stringer/Imagn Images)

With the Browns’ offseason program starting April 7, Monken was requested if he has a QB1 in thoughts. While he did not title the depth chart order, he did observe that the workload will not be an excellent break up for the quarterbacks who take part.

“I don’t expect the reps to be divided equally,” Monken mentioned on Tuesday, per the Akron Beacon Journal.

That would imply Monken does have an order in thoughts for his quarterbacks, though he famous he wasn’t but able to say who sits on the high of the record. However, Monken mentioned he and the workers will go off “basically what we’ve seen in the past and where the year ended last year.”

Todd Monken talks with the media after being launched as head coach of the Cleveland Browns throughout a information convention at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus Feb. 3, 2026, in Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

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Based on the three quarterbacks, Sanders would seemingly have the higher hand. Watson was nonetheless recovering from his Achilles harm, and former head coach Kevin Stefanski had Sanders begin the remaining seven video games of the season after Gabriel struggled earlier than struggling an harm.

Sanders’ earned his first win in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders.

But it is all hypothesis till the Browns’ program begins subsequent week.

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