The Cleveland Browns are currently searching for a new head coach to replace Kevin Stefanski after six seasons with the team. Finding the right head coach is the first domino to fall, and as such, has
turned the attention away from the Browns roster mostly. As is the fact that Cleveland is not in a position to draft the only top prospect at the quarterback position after winning their last two games of the year.
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Once the head coach is selected, a ton of attention will return to QB Shedeur Sanders, along with QB Deshaun Watson and QB Dillon Gabriel. Sanders is the lightning rod, however.
There was far more talk about Sanders and his relationship with Stefanski than actual information available about said relationship. Fans and media assumed many things, good or bad, based on what they saw from the outside looking in. The reality is that most reporting noted that Stefanski believed in Sanders but believed he needed to sit for the season and develop to become the quarterback they thought he could become.
A part of the Browns gameday coverage, Aditi Kinkhabwala provided a more detailed breakdown of the work Stefanski did with Sanders and his other quarterbacks, including Gabriel, last season:
A lot of details there showing how dedicated Stefanski was to making things work with each of his quarterbacks. Perhaps the most interesting notes are the amount of time spent with Sanders during the time he was inactive and this statement: “was willing to go away from his core principles to suit either rookie when he was starting.” Did the dedication to developing Sanders hurt Joe Flacco or Gabriel during their time starting. Is it always good to make changes to “core principles” because of the quarterback?
Obviously, the results were not good for any Cleveland quarterback last season, outside of a game or two, so it didn’t work. On the surface, the process laid out above seems like a strong plan, even if the outcomes didn’t work.
What popped out to you from the detailed report above? Does that look like a strong process for working with quarterbacks despite the results?
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