Head coach Kevin Stefanski addressed the media following the Browns' 24-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers on December 25th, 2021.
#PostgameAway #PressConference
Uncalled PI on DPJ, uncalled facemask on Baker, uncalled holds on EVERYONE, phantom call on Teller for offsides–HE WAS THE LAST TO MOVE ON THE LINE!!!!!!
@R. J. Johnson Ah ok! Thx!
@Robert Janko Sorry, I didn’t make it very clear…
@R. J. Johnson You can easily blame me. I am home now for 10 weeks because of vaccination side effects. ;o)
@Idk FIXED GAMES COME ON MAN DON’T BE NAIVE. LOL
@R. J. Johnson AND THESE GUYS GET PAID, BUT THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE MOB.
So tough being a Fan of this Team…
@jim perry I second this. Second week in a row they lost by 2.
I will not watch unless its playoffs or next year done wasting 4 hrs of my day
Tell me about it!!! The defense played well enough to win this game.
Obviously never watched the Cardiac kids… similar style.
But, we’re still fans! Ain’t nothing like being a Browns fan! The highs and high and the lows are low, but I wouldn’t root for anyone else! Here we go Brownies, here we go!
Why would you stop running Dernest Johnson 🤦🏿♂️🤬. You put all your trust in a bust of a quarterback stupid franchise.
Finally a good called game by coach….4 picks …but 2 of them deserved interference calls….another let down
If the Packers defense didn’t drop some of Bakers passes they would have had 2-3 more INTs bringing his total to 6-7. Baker was awful tonight. When he wasn’t throwing to the Packers he was throwing behind his receivers.
@jerry winkler and guess why…
@Chase Helmick You are spot on. I keep telling everyone there should have been 7 picks. 3 other passes were dropped (2 pt conv throw, a pass to a wideout near the sticks that Aikman said Baker was lucky to have not thrown his 4th, and the dropped screen at the end. That would have made 7 picks. And I also think of all the other misplaced throws that were caught by our guys but not in the right places for the guys to run after the catch. Wide open throws that are just low, high, behind or led too far out in front. Look, I myself, could not make those throws so I’m not saying that it’s easy to do, but I’m also not pretending to be someone I’m not – an NFL QB. This game is extremely hard. The speed of the game is fast. But QBs that play as bad as yesterday and are the top overall pick in a draft?? I gotta question the evaluation by management there. He’s probably not the guy moving forward healthy or not.
Two of the ints were definitely PI, and that last one was an OUTRAGEOUS non-call. It was both a PI and holding, Should have been a first down, and then we go on to kick the FG. Browns got robbed.
Yes, Baker had a bad game, but you had 3 timeouts and over 200 yards rushing for the game and instead of running the ball at the end of the last drive with 2 hot RBs at your disposal, you force the throw when Baker already had 3 INTs. I know 2 of Baker’s INTs were clearly his fault, another one was a slip on the WR, and the last one was clearly a holding that wasn’t called, but you bailed on the run when it was working and it makes absolutely zero sense.
Doesn’t help when the refs don’t call the facemask on Baker, a phantom false start on Teller, and a no call holding on DPJ, but despite the bad/no calls by the refs you can’t throw 4 INTs and win the game (unless you’re Lamar Jackson and the Ravens playing against the Browns).
The abrupt reversal in tactic in the middle of the last drive is very suspect.
Exactly! This is on Stefanski as much as it is on Baker’s horrible play!
Yep. Should have been running on all downs. Packers D was gassed and could not stop Chubb.
That is what I’ve been saying !
@Chase Helmick Browns WR are not good at making adjustments. Saw lots of receivers on Sunday make adjustments on passes that were not perfectly on target, and they caught the damn ball.
Nick Chubb averaging 10 yards a carry.
Kevin Stefanski: Let’s throw the ball with an injured qb who has already thrown 2 ints!
You don’t know if a simple bootleg would have worked.
@Ryan Barnes
Maybe, maybe not.
@Larry Ambrose you must’ve forgotten that our current front office was 1/31 clowns that blew tons of draft capital. Stefanski does not learn from his mistakes.
@Rich Blasko they were averaging 3.7 YPC last week. They were averaging 9 YPC this week. That is an incredibly stupid comparison.
@Larry Ambrose Baker was 2 for 10 with 4 interceptions on passes over 10 yards. Top WRs would never come to play for Stefanski , Diggs and OBJ both wanted out.
With the game baker was having, why would you put the ball in hands on that final drive when nick Chubb had momentum going? Your a great coach but this doesn’t make since to me.
Because this coach thinks he’s smarter then everyone! Pompous, ill advised play calling! How many weeks have we heard ” I have to review the tape or look at the film? This guy is a poor leader of men to continue to make excuse after excuse for the poor performance of his qb and team all year! The backup Qb’s have played better all year! The bottom line is that the only thing that matters is performance and the Browns keep running out a QB who time and again has come up short when it most matters. Coach always has excuse for poor play! Excuses are for lossers and that’s what the Browns are with KS as the head coach because he continues to do the same failed strategies and player personal decisions and expect different results! I don’t need to watch the tape, film or what ever to see that!
He’s a great coach WTF are you crazy?
Yep.
Why was Chubb not on the field on that final drive? Instead was wearing a jacket on the sidelines.
I have to say he has not shown himself to be a great coach – as your comment illustrates. 1st down at the 50, 3 TOs left, and a back averaging 8 yards a carry. I dont care who the QB is, you RUN the ball.
Should have ran Chubb and Johnson more on that final drive. It was working. Bad non calls by refs also. At least 5 that I saw. But, 4 turnovers, that will kill anybody’s chances of winning.
Well Sayed
If they ran Chubb and Johnson and it didn’t work you would be saying they should have passed the ball. That seems to be the way fans think.
@SurfinUSA, so you and Aikman think Stefanski knew the pass was going to be intercepted?
@Larry Ambrose did I say that? Or are you trying to put words in my mouth? You know what happens when you assume. Mind your manners.
@Larry Ambrose quit trying to put words in people’s mouths. You don’t think very well for yourself much less trying to think for somebody else. The only real thing about your reality is that it is your own.
Also yes Baker had 2 very bad throws, where he sailed it and usually those throws do happen when can’t see over the line. He needs to learn to move his legs a bit more on roll ours And move the line that way like they did with the roll outs and bootlegs like last year that’s how Baker dominates. Now the other 2 INT was legit the WR fault and the freaking refs never calling anything for us always against. I think Baker is still obviously not healthy. Just cause he had a week off with 2 or 3 smaller injuries that he can be mobile and be what he was last year. However for those who think and say Case is a way better alternative than Baker lol wow you guys are crazy he would not be able to do what Baker did. Yes maybe he would of had no picks or just 1, but he wouldn’t be able to keep us in the game or to be able to come back into the game or take the lead like we did on the first drive. Now asking is Baker long term, I don’t think as of now no he isn’t long term, but definitely deserves at least next year. And depending on that and he comes out balling you pay him accordingly, i would say Under 30 for sure, maybe around 27 tops. He shouldn’t have to worry about money especially with all his damn side money from progressive and his commercials. So if he wants to continue to start as NFL qb and want players around him he should take that kind of money. Now besides us having to win out what all needs to happen within our division to get into playoffs. We cannot make the wildcard that’s too competitive, even though or division is as well but all teams are either 1 or 2 games out of first place with 2 games left and of those 2 games a lot of teams play one another.
He has not been the same since the injuries. They shold have rested him for a couple of weeks. Browns have had some very bad luck with covid, injuries and schedule.
Passes that sail like that usually means they threw it on the wrong foot.
@JC, I believe Rodgers was on the bench watching for quite a few years behind Favre before he became the starter. The Browns and Baker did not have that luxury. He was on the bench behind a nothing QB who was losing games and they needed to start winning so they ended up having to use him as a rookie (with bad coaching). Toward the end of his rookie season it looked to me like he was becoming scared and changed. I think he still panics when he thinks things are not going well. That is one of the problems with the Browns. They need QB stability for at least 10 or more years and draft young QBs to watch that QB do his work. Brady also had the opportunity to sit for a while and watch a good QB. Browns have ruined QBs ever since Modell bought the team and fired Paul Brown.
Coach, I think you should back up the players but calling out the refs. They were horrible all night. As a 64 year fan, I am pissed about the refs. How bad do the refs hace to be to protest the game?
Yes, I was at the game, and there were so many non-calls – none bigger than the last one with DVP.
I don’t think there was enough to protest the game.
It’s like they’re paying us back for something?
FIXED FIXED FIXED, We all know the nfl refs fix games, Year after year, they miss Big calls (But you can’t say nothing) The man is grabbing his jersey and then intercepts the Ball and gets interviewed LOL . If that were A. Rogers on a game winning drive, Common now easy call.
Run the damn ball and we win the damn game..
Over 200 yards of rushing and we still lost who’s fooling who
You don’t think that has ever happened before? I’ll tell you one thing, I bet the Packers are hoping they don’t have to face the Browns in the SB. I bet they would rather face the Steelers, Bengals or Ravens or almost any other teams from the AFC. A healthy and non-covid Browns would be ready to do the job. Don’t forget, Baker didn’t even have 1 day of practice all week.
How do you have a minute left , chubb is on the sideline and we throw it 3 times in a row .. horrible game plan coach .. on top of Baker already had 4 pics .. I gotta look at the tape 🖕🏻
Agreed, Stefanski has lost his mind
It’s so sad how this team should be 13-2 but are below .500
How about BLAMIMG THE REFS FOR GIFTING THIS GAME TO THE PACKERS!
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They didn’t gift it but they did help them.
wHAT ELSE IS NEW. tHOSE OLD DUDES (rEFs) ARE AFRAID?
@richard wright L
With so many players out we still put up a good fight. Against the Packers, against the refs and against 4 interceptions by Baker. Still: too many fans keep whining. “Fire the coach!” “Fire Baker!” “Fire Depodesto” “You ruined christmas”. Thats just pathetic!
Thanks, Robert! Finally someone who I’m in 100% agreement with! I knew I wasn’t the only one.
Coach called 5 pass plays in a row with an injured QB that had 3 INTs instead of using the run game that was averaging almost 9 YPC. Missed penalties or not, that was a pretty shittily called and executed final drive.
I’m not even a Browns fan, I was rooting for them however. But moments like this where the coaches have a proven effective running game that was working, but instead choose to have an injured QB with already 3 picks shoot on the final drive really makes me think the nfl is rigged and the coaches are just following a script.
Rex Ryan said it best “we seen 4 Mayfield picks in between his 10 commercials”
I don’t hear it often said, but I really believe the loss of Kareem hunt has hurt this team more than it seems. I dunno just a thought
Go Pack Go! Welcome to the Bay!! A-ROD 4MVP. Let’s Go!!