Kyle Shanahan addressed the mystery that has surrounded his departure from the Cleveland Browns with two years left on his contract by saying he simply talked to former head coach Mike Pettine.
"I was just very honest with the head coach," Shanahan said Thursday in Houston during Super Bowl interviews. "I told him why I wanted to."
Shanahan referred to wanting to work for Dan Quinn in Atlanta. Quinn had been hired to coach the Falcons prior to the 2015 season. Shanahan said he and Quinn had a relationship, and the two had talked previously about working together if Quinn ever became a head coach.