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Posted at 4:38 PM ET, 01/16/2008
Good Luck Ray Brown, You Will Be Missed
Just got off the phone with Ray Brown, one of my favorite people in football. After settling in this area during the end of his playing career, Ray has taken a job as an assistant coach with Buffalo, working with their offensive linemen.
Ray came back to the Redskins for a second stint in 2004, when Jon Jansen tore his Achille's tendon in the preseason opener, and stuck around through the 2005 season, becoming the oldest lineman in the modern history of the game, capping a 20-year career.
With the Redskins falling apart in the second half of 2006, Ray joined Joe Gibbs's staff as an assistant helping the linemen, and also as something of a go-between with the players and staff. He is as respected in the game as they come, and with chemistry a huge issue on that 2006 team it was no surprise the organization reached out to him.
Ray spent this past season working for Comcast and said he got a call from a member of the Bills staff as off the set at the last game. He interviewed with head coach Dick Jauron Monday and took the job today. (I'll never figure out why the Skins did not try to keep him on staff after the 2006 season, but that's another matter).
Ray wanted to take some time away from football, but said he still had the bug. He'll be moving up to wintry Buffalo, but was excited about the position. "This was a family decision," Brown said. "Everyone was on board with it and it's a great opportunity for me to pursue."
Brown will reunite with former Redskins lineman Derrick Dockery, who he worked closely with in Washington. Ray said that Dockery actually called him during the interview with Jauron to see if he was actually taking the job. Brown is a student of the game and a smart, bright and funny guy and it was great getting to know him and pick his brain in Washington.
Good Luck Ray Brown, You Will Be Missed
Just got off the phone with Ray Brown, one of my favorite people in football. After settling in this area during the end of his playing career, Ray has taken a job as an assistant coach with Buffalo, working with their offensive linemen.
Ray came back to the Redskins for a second stint in 2004, when Jon Jansen tore his Achille's tendon in the preseason opener, and stuck around through the 2005 season, becoming the oldest lineman in the modern history of the game, capping a 20-year career.
With the Redskins falling apart in the second half of 2006, Ray joined Joe Gibbs's staff as an assistant helping the linemen, and also as something of a go-between with the players and staff. He is as respected in the game as they come, and with chemistry a huge issue on that 2006 team it was no surprise the organization reached out to him.
Ray spent this past season working for Comcast and said he got a call from a member of the Bills staff as off the set at the last game. He interviewed with head coach Dick Jauron Monday and took the job today. (I'll never figure out why the Skins did not try to keep him on staff after the 2006 season, but that's another matter).
Ray wanted to take some time away from football, but said he still had the bug. He'll be moving up to wintry Buffalo, but was excited about the position. "This was a family decision," Brown said. "Everyone was on board with it and it's a great opportunity for me to pursue."
Brown will reunite with former Redskins lineman Derrick Dockery, who he worked closely with in Washington. Ray said that Dockery actually called him during the interview with Jauron to see if he was actually taking the job. Brown is a student of the game and a smart, bright and funny guy and it was great getting to know him and pick his brain in Washington.
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