Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski ended weeks of questions and speculation on Friday when he finally revealed who will call the offensive plays for the team in 2020.
Stefanski will call his own plays.
It’s a question that has hung over Stefanski since at least the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine, where he faced a question about his desire to call plays in Cleveland. Stefanski was the chief play-caller for the Minnesota Vikings as their offensive coordinator in 2019, though Minnesota’s head coach, Mike Zimmer, comes from a defensive background.
Offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt also has play-calling experience in his background. Stefanski and the Browns have dodged answering the questions about the responsibility for weeks.
The play-calling duties have taken on increased significance in Cleveland in recent seasons. Predecessors Freddie Kitchens and Hue Jackson both fumbled the responsibility, at times calling their own while handing it off to others at times, too.