CLEVELAND — There was a moment early in the broadcast of the Cleveland Browns’ Week 4 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys in which FOX analyst Daryl Johnston referred to Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski as “Kevin Stefanek.”
Suffice to say, by the end of the game, the former Cowboys fullback knew the Browns head coach’s actual name.
“The risk and thinking about the result of these plays is really I just try to think about the process of what got us there,” Stefanski said of Beckham’s big run, which initially appeared as though it could end with a loss of yardage. “If he gets tackled, it’s a dumb call — ‘what am I thinking?’ At the end of the day, I trust our guys, I trust the players and that’s really where my focus goes.”
Nevertheless, what marked just his fourth game as a head coach doubled as a coming-out party of sorts for Stefanski, who became the first Browns head coach to start a season 3-1 since Butch Davis did so in 2001. Stefanski’s big day didn’t go unnoticed either, as Cleveland’s 38-year-old head coach has earned plenty of praise in the aftermath of Sunday’s game.
#Browns stars OBJ and Baker Mayfield will get the headlines but HC Kevin Stefanski deserves alot of credit for not taking his foot of the pedal, relentless in his offensive play calling as Cleveland has 49-38 lead in Dallas in 4th QTR #CLEvDAL
— Josh Hennig (@JoshHennig) October 4, 2020
I may have underestimated Kevin Stefanski. Out from under Zim & Kubiak he seems to have found something. The #Browns are out there opening things up & making the best use of their weapons.
Cleveland might have finally found their HC.
— ???? ?. (@JohnnyBSkol) October 5, 2020
Kevin Stefanski is 3-1 as a rookie coach, having coached against 3 Super Bowl coaches, representing 4 Super Bowl appearances, 3 NFL Coach of the Year winners, and an NFL player who played in the Super Bowl.
Some say who did you play.
Others say who did you play against?— KmanPDX (Dawgbreathsincebirth) (@KmanPdx) October 4, 2020