Add one other sudden title to the Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator search. After interviewing Packers defensive passing sport coordinator Derrick Ansley, the Falcons will reportedly interview Steelers secondary coach Grady Brown for the opening created by the firing of Jimmy Lake.
That information comes from NFL insider Tom Pelissero, who reported it a short while in the past.
The #Falcons are interviewing #Steelers secondary coach Grady Brown for his or her defensive coordinator job right this moment, per supply.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 17, 2025
Brown has spent 4 seasons as Pittsburgh’s secondary coach, and earlier than that both had that place or defensive coordinator jobs with a number of faculty applications, together with Houston, South Carolina, and McNeese State. In Brown’s second season in Pittsburgh, the Steelers tied for the league lead in interceptions, however the go protection has not been the Steelers’ power since 2021, as they’ve completed somewhat worse than league common yearly since by way of yardage and in the identical ballpark in scoring.
Not like Ansley, who has a 12 months of defensive coordinator expertise with the Chargers, Brown doesn’t have that stage of expertise on the professional stage. Given Atlanta’s seeming desire for extra seasoned candidates of their early spherical of hiring, it’s troublesome to view Brown as a favourite on condition that Lake struggled with out that stage of expertise. If I could idly speculate, although, it will not be a given that each coach on the defensive employees is returning, and the Falcons might fill their presently nonexistent defensive passing sport coordinator function with both Ansley or Brown in the event that they’re prepared and in a position to leap beneath a brand new coordinator.
We’ll see, although, because the Falcons have definitely shocked us earlier than.
