Veteran NFL quarterback Josh McCown isn’t ready for retirement just yet, but he is already considering a career in coaching following his playing days, as Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal writes. Browns coach Hue Jackson recently predicted McCown would be a “rising star” in the coaching ranks, tweets Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, and told McCown he’d be welcome on the Cleveland staff any time. Indeed, many NFL clubs would be interested in hiring McCown as a coach after he retires, per Rapoport.
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“I definitely don’t discount it as part of my future,” McCown said in regard to coaching. “It’s just when that time is. I don’t feel like it’s now. I could wake up tomorrow and feel a deep conviction that, you know what, I was supposed to go that route, and I would pursue it. But right now, I feel like I still have something left to give as a player, so I want to maximize that as much as I can.”
McCown, 37, was released by the Browns earlier this week in a move that saved the club more than $4MM. During his two years in Cleveland, McCown often dealt with injuries and posted only a 1-10 record as a starter, but as Ulrich notes, McCown often played better than his statistics indicated. From 2015-16, McCown completed 60.4% of his passes while tossing 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
Duh. He knows he can make more $$$ playing than coaching, and someone else will be foolish enough to sign him.
Such a stupid comment. He would be just fine as a lot of teams #2. He didn’t have any help at all in Cleveland.
You missed the point I was making……but that doesn’t surprise me.
He’s hoping the browns trade for Jimmy G and he can go hold a clipboard for the Patriots (while they groom another young QB) for a year or two and maybe get a ring