Kevin Stefanski: “We’ll look at what we can do better for 2022”

Stefanski has to give up the play calling. He’s hurting the offense. Runs when he should pass, passes when he should run, won’t make adjustments, panics when trailing, can’t close a game when leading, aggressive when not needed and conservative when needing aggression.

Um look at the ones that’s not catching the ball when it’s right there in front of them

Still wondering why you sat chubb for “hurt ribs” and played baker for 9 sacks with an injured arm that needs surgery

Did someone use a fart machine when MKC asked a question about Baker? 😂 💨

Other than DPJ, the rest of the WR room is pretty vulnerable for replacement, either due to cap impact or lack of production. The playbook lacked the complexity in the pass game, very few cross routes, almost zero deep threat. Baker was put in way too many bad situations, especially after Conklin went out and instead of using Chubb and DJ more, the risk and burden was put on Baker’s shoulders. You can’t continue to call pass plays game after game asking an injured QB to throw 30+ times and expect to win. Either call less pass plays and use your RBs or sit Baker and play a healthy QB. “Next man up” doesn’t work against TJ Watt.

When is coach going to get his head out of his butt and realize he needs a stud OC that calls plays? The attention to detail in many areas that he cannot spend time on fixing is wildly apparent. And he needs a better WR coach. It’s clear that room is lacking some solid coaching.

Kevin, give up the play calling so you can concentrate on the in game tweaks and adjustments on all 3 parts of the game.

Maybe reevaluate your “hands team” for onside kicks. 😂

Thankfully, he refuses to take the bait and blame Baker for everything.

AMAZING, WE use our DESIGNED run offence and completed a few passes AND PRESTO VICTORY is ours. How many 2 point games did we lose ????.

run the ball genius

*”….learning from other coaches”*
Well, I’m a coach and I am old, so let me tell you something from coach to coach:
when your QB breaks his shoulder in week 2, even though it’s not his throwing arm, you DON’T play him.
What you do is, you play your backup, look for alternatives, put QB1 on IR and let him have the surgery. Basicly you go into “bad luck… salvage mode” early on.
Also, when you have this offense line and this running core, you run the damn football. Especialy when your blindside tackle is injured all season and your swing tackle is out and you got no depth on these postitions and your QB is is too injured to move and too injured to go deep, and they all start blitzing us to death.
Sure you play against a stacked box all the time but we do have the quality in personel to do this.
You kept trying the same things all season long, things that did not work, each time expecting a different outcome, instead of making much needed adjustments and play the personel that you have to it’s strengths.
It’s your job to find a way, it’s not your job to put players in a position where they are doomed to fail because you ask them to do things they can’t do because they either too hurt or it’s not their quality, while your strongest quality (the running game) barely gets any plays.
Your QB is down to one arm, can’t move his upper body because you put him in a stupid harness, and has no legs anymore, and you have no faith in your backup QB2.
What now? Well, run the ball. Run it all season.. and by all means, buy some glue to put on these recievers and tightends gloves, I have never seen (nor allowed!) this many drops…
In a nutshell: make adjustments according to your player personel. I haven’t seen this from you all season.

*It is your job to make decisions in the franchise best interest*
Do you really think playing Baker all season like this, putting his health and future on the line, was the right decision in the best interest of the franchise?
Franchise players don’t grow on trees and one point or another it is also your job and your responsibility to protect the team (Chemistry!), AND the player, from himself if need be.
No offense coach, but your leadership was… questionable, to say the least.
Especialy on the Baker situation when you even failed to pull him out the firing line when things were really messed up and the entire world jumped on him.
You threw him right underneith the hate train all season and the way you buried him in this last game in Pittsburg was inacceptable.
Responsibility is a thing, for your players health and their future and the future of the franchise.

*Being a coach is not about you*
If your players can’t trust in you acting in their best interest, you are lost. It is good when your QB has a heart like Baker does, but it was plain to see enough is enough and you had to pull the pluck, but you didn’t. Why? Because he got the clearing from the “shoot them up until they crippled” guys? Because your player with his warrior heart sais he can play?
Next time: trust in what your eyes can see, and nothing else. And be brave to make decisions. Again: responsibility!
You are young… you can learn, I sure hope you do.

Brian Flores is available. Gets the most out of what hes got.

stefanski seems to copy what other teams are doing to improve his team. i think we need more of our own plays that we created not a copy of another team did. making new plays on offense is key to wining.

Win more games would be a good start. Seeing what we’ve seen, good luck luring any decent free agent wide receiver here.

Playing an injured Baker Mayfield after week 2 was a bad call. We’d probably be going to the playoffs if Keenum was playing all year. I get it, Baker is probably better. But was he better, playing with a broken body?

I fully understand where many comments are being made defending baker and blaming other things for his downfall, but i will say bakers whole mentality and outlook ever since that shoulder surgery changed, hes became a shell of himself in my opinion and its sad to say, he builds himself up around im so tough, and YES it completely is the organization and kevins responsibility to take him out but if your a QB and your costing your team multiple games single-handedly sometimes in games like, cheifs, ravens, raiders, packers i mean yeah he is tough and ive loved him since hes been here but damn i cant take this no more, let me tell u if your injured to that extent at a position of that responsibility and you continue on and don’t elect surgery and maybe give your team a chance with case, has probably cost him his future and cost the team a valuable year as many big contacts are coming up, now stefanski lets say he was anything but good as mentioned in other comments what could u be thinking yourself with those play calls constant spread formations lack of all of our running backs when hunt went down and the main thing why keep baker in, for my general well being i will not be watching the browns next year as its just not worth it and not real fun anymore my “honorable mention goes to the refs as many games came down to very bad calls and we were certainly in many winnable games that they set us back pretty far in but at the end of the day its our responsibility to figure it out, good luck next browns you’ll always be my number 1 team but i will not be watching next

Since the Browns seem to be ready to play QB musical chairs again, have a suggestion.
Know it’s a long shot but would love to see Baker traded his final year to the Dallas Cowboys (back in his home state) & HC Mike McCarthy. McCarthy has an amazing background that relates so strongly to Baker.
>2006-2018 HC Green Bay Packers (8 straight playoff appearances PLUS 2011 Super Bowl XLV win against his hometown Steelers)-
QBs Brett Favre & backup Aaron Rodgers.
>OC @49ers & Saints.
>WR & QB Coach (Brett Favre) all over the league.
>2018- Packers don’t renew McCarthy’s contract. He spends yr reviewing film with critical eye to develop new strategies (conferred w/4 other coaches). Highly disciplined self-training; went to office set up over his barn everyday as a job until felt ready to jump back in NFL pool. Fascinating video online. 🙄🏈
>Applied for HC @Browns (Major League Baseball analytical ivy league CSO Paul DePodesta had owner’s ear-wanted Stefanski & Berry).
>2020-Cowboys offer HC position. They are back in playoffs in 2021. Big playoff game Sunday against the 49ers.

For the life of me, I do not understand why Browns did not hire McCarthy over Kitchens. Think DePodesta convinced owners the connection was too close w/John Dorsey, but he had experience in all coaching positions; been to Superbowl 9x & won. Used to dealing with lockerroom issues & Prima Donnas (OBJ). Strong enough to make unfavorable calls & thrived under game day pressures. He also taught gunslinger Brett Favres, Baker’s role model growing up. A little caveat … WR CeeDee Lamb in freshman year played successfully w/Baker his senior year @OU. CeeDee #1 draft pick by Dallas. So many connections, but Baker would be backup, which could be good for working out the last of his rehab, but last year backups had chances to play (including Gilbert, former Brown backup). It could be mutually advantageous as Cowboys are slowly moving back up. 🏈🙄