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D Bone

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/browns-time-kevin-stefanski-boss-203636369.html

Browns: It is time for Kevin Stefanski to be the boss

We are now six weeks into the season, and the Cleveland Browns are still making the same mistakes they made in Week 1. While the Browns do not want to make midseason changes to their coaching staff according to The OBR’s Brad Stainbrook, it is time for Kevin Stefanski to make the tough decisions a boss has to make.

There is little shot Stefanski gets fired as the offensive side of the football has been a bright spot (outside of today’s lemon of a game against the New England Patriots). Especially considering he is working with a journeyman backup quarterback who is starting to look like one again.

However, at the end of the day, his staff is a reflection of him. And while defensive coordinator Joe Woods and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer are personal friends of Stefanski, this train is too far off the rails to attempt to redeem.

Coming into this game against the Patriots, the Cleveland defense ranked dead last in DVOA, making them the least efficient defense in the league. They entered 16th against the pass and 32nd against the run.

Those numbers will not be trending up as the Woods-led defense allowed a fourth round rookie in Bailey Zappe to drop over 300 yards passing on them. They also allowed over 100 yards rushing again, which has become too consistent of a theme for this unit.

There are no more excuses left out there for Woods. He had his unit firing as a top-10 unit at the end of last season, but this type of regression and effort is nothing but a reflection of the man guiding them. The bye week is two weeks away for the Browns, but with back-to-back games against division rivals that could save the season in Cleveland, they have no margin for error.

The same goes for Priefer’s special teams units as they managed to produce two costly mishaps at the end of the game when Cleveland still had a chance to fight back. An onside kick where A.J. Green touched the ball while out of bounds that would have been otherwise recovered by the Browns, then a muffed punt where Green once again vacated the gunner and allowed them to crowd punt returner Chester Rogers’ space.

Pile these on top of crucial missed kicks, poorly downed punts that could have rolled inside the five-yard line, and a blown onside kick in Week 2, these Priefer-led units are too prone to mistakes.

Again, the Browns have a back-to-back stretch against AFC North rivals, two teams that have shown vulnerability. However, the Browns need something to change, something to ignite a spark in this team. With this thin of a margin for error, there is little reason to continue to run it back with the current arrangement.

It is time for Stefanski to do the most difficult part of his job and fire his friends.

Story originally appeared on Browns Wire

FALCON7

@brownsfan4evr said:

Sorry, but I lost interest in Cleveland baseball when the Dolan's caved and changed the Indians name. I can't support a "woke" ownership.

"Woke" is way worse than treason, racism, pathological lying, ect...

Neo

@fy56 said:

Maybe curses are real.

The Indians are kicking ass the very year they changed their name. Curse broken

They made the playoffs, have 3 walk off wins, and you're still calling them the Indians.

calfoxwc

@calfoxwc said:

In a game of chess, the Browns may end up playing checkers and buttichek may look "brilliant" again.

My bad. Steph is very, very bad at checkers, too.

I mean, seriously, folks. Bissett is 6'4" and they can't get a qb sneak on 4th and 1? Passes batted down? Ain't just Baker.......something else is wrong. I believe Step has risen to the level of his incompetence, and beyond. Zappe - over 300 yards and two TD's, no ints.

Browns149

@falcon7 said:

"Woke" is way worse than treason, racism, pathological lying, ect...

Treason is a crime punishable by death. Being woke isn’t even a crime.
While being woke is hurting this country and it is getting out of hand. You can’t be sentenced to death for it

Silver slayer

Totally shitty coaching, through and through absolutely terrible coaching.

Preparation terrible

In game decisions terrible

Personal decisions terrible

Kevin needs to be GONE

Orion

@hoorta said:

Going for two and fail? Thanks for keeping it a two score game Kev.

Nah, I agree with going for 2 right then and there. That way you know where you stand...and MAYBE can do something about it. If you wait until the end of the game then it's too late if you don't convert...you can't do anything about it then.

Why

The scary part is coach just keeps making the same mistakes over and over again . . .

Big Kev still refusing to take the 3 points early in games, still running empty backfield sets and having Chubb chill on the sidelines for half the game, still pretending Brisket is Watson, terrible clock management at the end of halves and games, still hasn’t fired Joe woods. Stop doing the same shit and expecting different results . . . Maybe I’m the dummie who keeps driving to the stadium expecting to one day see more W’s than L’s

D Bone

@orion said:

Nah, I agree with going for 2 right then and there. That way you know where you stand...and MAYBE can do something about it. If you wait until the end of the game then it's too late if you don't convert...you can't do anything about it then.

That's fair, but I would've kicked it. I want to keep the momentum and the belief from my team as long as I can, and no amount of Madden Football anal lick ticks can account for human emotion.

mjp28

@d-bone said:

I had us 3-8 at Watson's debut, but with the upcoming schedule I may have been a bit too optimistic.