Mike Florio talks NFL's 'warped' compensatory draft pick reward system
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Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a man who's got a massive brain.
Mike Florio.
He used to be a lawyer, then he decided to take his talents to the internet.
NBC Sports. I'm sorry I'm late. I was talking to Robert Kraft. That isn't the time for an airing of grievances. Pro Football Talk. I got a lot of problems with you people. No, you're going to hear about it. On Chicago Sports Radio, 104.3 The Score.
Yeah, that's right. Our Mike Florio intro got a little different now that he's on 104.3 The Score with us. The creator and editor-in-chief of Pro Football Talk. He is at Pro Football Talk on X. He joins us from the Super Bowl. Mike is on the Circa Resort and Casino Hotline, CircaLasVegas.com. Mike, thanks for joining us. I know we had to move your days because it's a busy time at the Super Bowl in San Francisco right now.
Yeah, it's been crazy, and we were actually live this week at noon Eastern every day just because we didn't want to start at 4 a.m. Pacific time. So it's been a crazy week, and now we've transitioned to full-blown Super Bowl pregame show preparation mode.
Well, and we also have some breaking news to discuss because this was out via Adam Schefter just about 10 minutes ago. The statement from the Browns on the resignation of defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. Yesterday, Jim Schwartz submitted his letter of resignation as defensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns. We would like to thank Jim for his contributions to our organization over the last three seasons. Our search for a new defensive coordinator will begin immediately. What do you think?
Well, I'm not surprised. It felt destined that Jim Schwartz wasn't going to be there after Todd Munkin got the head coaching job when Schwartz was one of the finalists. It was immediately reported that Schwartz was livid, and he was saying he's not coming back. They went through an awkward tug-of-war for a few days, maybe a full week, trying to figure out what was going to happen next. And the way it was reported by NFL Network, he's resigning with the expectation he won't coach in 2026. That suggests to me there was some sort of a negotiated compromise where maybe they'll pay him for this year and he won't go become a defensive coordinator with another team until next year because if you're under contract and he was for one more year you can't just quit and go coach another team they held his rights he didn't want to stay with the Browns and I think Todd Munkin when you've got a guy that was that close to being the head coach I don't think you want Munkin to be or Munkin doesn't want Schwartz to be the defensive coordinator
because then that just undermines him. It makes it harder for him to have any authority in the locker room. The defense could line up behind Schwartz. The offense could line up behind Munkin, and you could have more dysfunction in Cleveland, which has kind of been the name of the game for the past several years in Cleveland. So I'm not surprised by the outcome. I'm a little surprised Schwartz isn't going to be able to coach anywhere else this year. The Raiders had emerged as a potential destination for Schwartz. I still think he's going to get paid by the Browns to not coach the team this year.
and leila and i were just talking about it before we came on i mean localizing it bears wise al harris the bear secondary coach who did his job very well for the bears this year has gotten some attention with other potential gigs have you heard his name or how prominent is al harris's name in nfl circles and could he qualify to replace jim schwartz as the cleveland browns defensive coordinator well they're going to be looking now we know how this is all driven it's
relationships, it's familiarity, it's what is the head coach looking for, what kind of a system do they want to run. The way that Munkin explained it during his introductory press conference the other day, he's attracted to the players, not the scheme, and the players are going to dictate the scheme.
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