Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski appears to be at least considering one significant change in light of his team’s poor start to the season.
Stefanski left the door open to handing offensive playcalling over to offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey when asked about it during his Monday press conference. As recently as last week, Stefanski had dismissed that possibility, and said it was not something anyone in the building was considering.
“I think there’s a bunch of different things that we want to look at and see how we’re doing from an operation standpoint on offense,” Stefanski said Monday, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN. “I think Ken’s been an outstanding partner in all this. So those are the type of things that I will always look at. But really it just gets back to making sure that we’re putting our guys in position is what we’ll look at ultimately.”
Stefanski has called offensive plays for the Browns since he became head coach in 2020. Dorsey is in his first season as Cleveland’s offensive coordinator, though he previously called plays for the Buffalo Bills before being fired midway through the 2023 season.
While Stefanski is open to some changes, he is still resisting the one big move that many people believe would help the most. Ultimately, his hand may be forced. The team has failed to reach 20 points in any of their five games so far this season, and the situation is increasingly untenable. If the playcaller changes but results do not, Stefanski may be forced to make the quarterback change that many are already demanding.
