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Browns Coach Monken Misses Photo, Faces Season Pressure

4/1/2026

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Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken missed the NFL coaches' group photo on March 31, 2026, because he was getting a haircut.
He learned the photo had already been taken about 20 minutes earlier after meeting Jaguars coach Liam Coen.
Monken joked that he must avoid a "one-and-done" season to join next year's photo.
As a first-year coach, he faces pressure to end the Browns' two-year playoff drought and to select a starting quarterback among Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel.

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Story summary

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken missed the NFL coaches' group photo on March 31, 2026, because he was getting a haircut.
He learned the photo had already been taken about 20 minutes earlier after meeting Jaguars coach Liam Coen.
Monken joked that he must avoid a "one-and-done" season to join next year's photo.
As a first-year coach, he faces pressure to end the Browns' two-year playoff drought and to select a starting quarterback among Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel.