"Browns coach Pat Shurmur said he didn't plan any changes on his coaching staff unless someone decided to leave. Somebody did.

Defensive backs coach Jerome Henderson is heading to Dallas to rejoin former Browns coordinator Rob Ryan with the Cowboys, the Dallas Morning News reported. Henderson joined the Browns in 2009 when Eric Mangini was named head coach. He was one of five Mangini assistants retained when Shurmur succeeded Mangini in 2011.

In three years with Henderson as defensive backs coach, the Browns improved from 29th to 18th to second in pass defense in 2011. Opponents had 16 touchdown passes against the Browns in 2011, the fewest allowed by the club since 13 in 2003. On the other hand, their nine interceptions were the fewest turned in by the defense since the expansion season of 1999 -- and two were made by linebackers. "