{"id":39228,"date":"2025-12-07T23:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39228"},"modified":"2025-12-07T23:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:50:26","slug":"kevin-stefanski-calls-out-surprising-browns-unit-after-loss-to-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39228","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Stefanski Calls Out Surprising Browns Unit After Loss to Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249225909_cbe422-e1765148478777.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249225909_cbe422-e1765148478777.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249225909_cbe422-e1765148478777.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249225909_cbe422-e1765148478777.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Kevin Stefanski Calls Out Surprising Browns Unit After Loss to Titans\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kevin Stefanski wasn\u2019t pleased with a certain aspect of the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland suffered a 31-29 home loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, which was a disappointing result for the team. Following the loss, Stefanski called out the team\u2019s run defense as he felt the unit needed to be better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery disappointed. You have to give credit to the Titans; they won the game,\u201d Stefanski said postgame on Sunday. \u201cThey made more plays than we did in the end, just disappointed with some of the things that happened that game. We expect more from our run defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe giveaways there, that\u2019s not about who we are. We had a punt blocked. Obviously, not getting either of the two-point plays really off is frustrating. That\u2019s on all of us, we own it, can\u2019t hide from it. Offense, defense, special teams, as players and coaches, we will own it. It\u2019s frustrating, but we will move on together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Titans rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns, as Tennessee was led by Tony Pollard, who rushed for 161 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland\u2019s run defense was a major problem for the Browns on Sunday, and Stefanski called his defense out postgame.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Sanders Addresses Not Being on Field for 2-Point Plays<\/h2>\n<p>With Cleveland down 31-29, the Browns went for a two-point conversion to tie the game, but Sanders wasn\u2019t on the field.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns opted to use Quinshon Judkins out of the Wildcat, which didn\u2019t work out. It was a controversial play, and Sanders was asked about not getting the ball, and he admitted it was frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m out there any play, I wish I would always have the ball in my hand, But that\u2019s not what football is. Sometimes you gotta run the ball. Sometimes you gotta kick a field goal,\u201d Sanders said, adding that the team practiced the play successfully during the week.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">\u201cIf [the coaches] knew it would pan out like that, I don\u2019t think they woulda did it,\u201d Sanders continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think in any situation if we feel like something\u2019s not gonna be a success we will intentionally call it and then be surprised when it doesn\u2019t work. Any play you go into a game with you expect success, and if that don\u2019t happen, that don\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Sanders was stellar on Sunday as he threw for 23-of-42 for 364 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Browns\u2019 Defensive Star Praises Sanders<\/h2>\n<p>Cleveland was led by Sanders as the rookie had a breakout performance on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, Browns defensive star Myles Garrett praised Sanders for his composure and game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he did well. I think he looked good\u2014I mean, he came up big when we needed him to,\u201d\u00a0Garrett said. \u201cThere\u2019s gonna be some ups and downs for anyone, especially a rookie. But he went in there and he was composed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got out of some sacks, he broke the pocket, he made some big-time plays. Just looking for him to continue to grow, looking for that clock to speed up a little bit. He is a little more at ease each week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland will go on the road to play the Chicago Bears on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski called out the team&#8217;s defense after the 31-29 loss to the Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kevin Stefanski Calls Out Surprising Browns Unit After Loss to Titans - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39228\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kevin Stefanski Calls Out Surprising Browns Unit After Loss to Titans - 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