The timing of Mike Priefer’s firing by the Cleveland Browns may make a little sense now with further information available.
Over a month after the season ended, HC Kevin Stefanski made the decision to fire Priefer. The two coaches had been together since 2020 in Cleveland and shared time together with the Minnesota Vikings.
Priefer was the second coordinator that Stefanski fired from his original staff with DC Joe Woods shown the door the day after the season ended. Woods was replaced by Jim Schwartz a week later.
Now comes word that Priefer’s firing could be due to the availability of another special teams coordinator that Cleveland would like to interview:
The #Browns requested an interview with #Colts special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone, who is considered a top candidate for the same job in Cleveland, per sources.