At long last, the have zeroed in on their new offensive coordinator.NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday, citing a team source, that the are hiring quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo as the team's new play-caller, replacing the departed Kyle Shanahan. The later confirmed the hire. DeFilippo spent Easton Mcgee Jersey the past five years coaching the likes of , , and second-round pick . He now inherits a quarterback group filled with and plenty of questions.The spread a wide net to fill the void left by Shanahan, who with the friction between coaches and front-office members. With names like Greg Roman and landing elsewhere, Pettine has doubled back to hand-pick the a sistant he told reporters before Cleveland hired Shanahan last winter.Just 36, DeFilippo worked closely with former play-caller and quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp, who went out of his way last offseason to "When I was coordinator in Oakland, I said to him, 'You're the quarterback coach, and it's your job to coach me out of the room,'" Knapp said, per The Plain Dealer. "He did that in a half a year's time -- and that was seven years ago, when he was really young."Knapp credited DeFilippo with fluidly teaching an option-based, Pistol-heavy attack to Pryor in 2013 before completely re-designing a pocket-centered scheme for McGloin. His work with Carr this season was admirable.Countle s coaches, execs who have worked with DeFilippo have raved about him. Think hire is a home-run for Browns. Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) DeFilippo now takes on his greatest challenge yet in Cleveland, where the team must discover what they have in Manziel -- if anything -- while heat-seeking legitimate competition in free agency and the draft. With so few juicy prospects on either front, Cleveland's new offensive coordinator will be tested right away.The latest Podcast and hands out the first Coach Carousel Awards. Find more content on . Gorman Thomas Jersey