3 terrible things from the Browns loss to the Packers

Kevin Stefanski

For the love of all that is good and holy, what is Kevin Stefanski still doing calling plays? Admittedly, Baker Mayfield’s passing (not his turnovers) made the Packers play the Browns honestly. So I understand wanting to have Mayfield throw his way out of his slump, but man, first and 10 with three timeouts left? Everyone thought you should run it at least once to get into a better field goal position. Yet he throws it three straight times and then they turn the ball over.

One of the biggest conundrums that I couldn’t believe I was seeing was the lack of David Njoku in the game until the last quarter. He played just 57% of the snaps and it seemed like none between his holding call in the first quarter and then the fourth quarter. It’s bad. It’s not even the first time we’ve seen Stefanski do something like this though.

It’s just this type of mindset that Stefanski has that he has to get away from. This notion that he can just rotate guys in and they’re all going to play the same. I get giving guys a breather, but oftentimes he just rotates guys in and out based on a whim.

Heading into the game Njoku was your leading receiver and your best proven big-play option, what are you doing not finding ways to get him the ball. Mayfield overthrew him twice in the last frame of action and that didn’t help matters at all. This team needs to be more cohesive and they have to stop rotating in so many guys. It’s simply not working.