{"id":8094,"date":"2026-02-17T07:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/reports-browns-hire-falcons-assistant-mike-rutenberg-as-dc\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:28:08","slug":"reports-browns-hire-falcons-assistant-mike-rutenberg-as-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/reports-browns-hire-falcons-assistant-mike-rutenberg-as-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Browns hire Falcons assistant Mike Rutenberg as DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\"w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/24577302.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/24577302.jpg\" alt=\"NFL: New York Jets at Pittsburgh Steelers\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Oct 20, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;  New York Jets linebackers coach Mike Rutenberg gestures on the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the fourth quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>The Cleveland Browns have hired Falcons defensive pass game coordinator Mike Rutenberg as their new defensive coordinator, according to multiple media reports on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>It&#8217;ll be big shoes for Rutenberg to fill in his first coordinator position under new Browns head coach Todd Monken. He replaces Jim Schwartz, who was the AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year in 2023 as Cleveland&#8217;s defensive coordinator but resigned this offseason when he was passed over to be the Browns&#8217; next head coach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>Rutenberg, 44, has spent the last 13 seasons in the NFL, working his way up with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2013-19), San Francisco 49ers (2020), New York Jets (2021-24) and Falcons.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>Atlanta had 16 interceptions in Rutenberg&#8217;s lone season as pass game coordinator, tied for sixth-most in the league and the team&#8217;s most in a season since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/reports-browns-hire-falcons-assistant-mike-rutenberg-as-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 20, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; New York Jets linebackers coach Mike Rutenberg gestures on the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the fourth quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Cleveland Browns have hired Falcons defensive pass game coordinator Mike Rutenberg as their new defensive coordinator, according to multiple media reports [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}