Cleveland Browns managing and principal partner Jimmy Haslam and head coach Kevin Stefanski watch plays during Cleveland Browns OTAs in Berea.head coach Kevin Stefanski took questions from reporters on Wednesday at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus regarding contract extensions for him and Andrew Berry, Deshaun Watson, and more.
“I think for Andrew and I, you know, it’s a partnership where we take our job seriously. We really, you know, we understand the jobs we have in this town. We understand our fans and what they want this team to be. So, we’re just going to focus on working, every waking minute to get this thing where we want it. But I just come back to this is a – for the organization to trust Andrew and I speaks to what we’ve been able to do, but we have plenty of work to do.
“Yeah, obviously work every single day with Andrew. I wish he was smarter. Just wasn’t blessed with the intelligence unfortunately . But, no, honestly, we work every day. We push each other. I don’t know, to speak to the past. I don’t know that we care or anybody cares, but we just kind of focus on the work.”“Yeah, I think I better be getting better every day. We were just talking with one of our players yesterday about getting percentage points better every single day.
Not to cause you any pain, but thinking back to that week two injury, when you saw him go down last year. I know you always say, ‘Next man up’. Is it easier said than done in a situation like that? Considering what he means to this team? Are you at all interested to see what it’s like to coach a game on Sundays without worrying about the next two or three plays in front of you?“Yeah, potentially. Not really. Honestly, that’s not really our focus right now. Deshaun was calling plays in that last period. He did a pretty good job. Maybe he’ll do it this fall.”
“Mary Kay wants to talk about high school . Yeah, there’s a lot of anxiety in the household about when kids are getting older. But, yeah, I mean, and that does allow me the opportunity, Mary Kay, just to talk about, for our, my family, for our players, our coaches, we feel very much a part of this community. As all of us know, that have kids, it’s crazy to see them grow in front of you, and when you do get to some mile markers, you do reflect and look back.
“No, I think for our players, speaking of new feelings, I think they get to experience the speed of the play and how much when you’re on that kickoff team, how much sooner the return is on you. That’s something that a bunch of guys have mentioned to me. Just, you know, back in the old days, you could run 30 yards and find the ball and start to get in your lane, and now it’s just like you come out of your stance and bam that play is on you.