With a large amount of the team’s salary cap on injured reserve and five different quarterbacks starting under center, head coach Kevin Stefanski led the Cleveland Browns to 11 wins and another playoff appearance this past season. Despite that, Pro Football Network ranked him as the 15th-best play caller in the NFL heading into 2024.
It is ludicrous to rank him down there. He found a way to win with both P.J. Walker and a rookie, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who wasn’t ready to start this year. Despite some awful quarterback play, Stefanski got enough out of his offense to win 11 games.
The results on the field and the corresponding film don’t match this ranking at all. There are not 14 better play callers than Stefanski. Most teams would be sunk by losing their starting quarterback, but Stefanski rose to the occasion and got the most out of everyone on the field, and that is what a great play caller does.
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