Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski handed play-calling obligations to offensive coordinator Tommy Rees earlier this season, however he pointed the finger at himself when it got here time to debate the group’s bid to tie the Titans late within the fourth quarter on Sunday.
The Browns pulled inside 31-29 on a Shedeur Sanders landing go to tight finish Harold Fannin after which lined up within the Wildcat to go for two. Running again Quinshon Judkins took the snap and ran proper with plans to flip the ball to huge receiver Gage Larvadain, however did not have a superb deal with on the ball and wound up maintaining the ball earlier than firing a last-ditch incompletion within the wideout’s course.
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After the sport, Stefanski stated at his press convention that he knew through the scoring drive that he wished to run that play and that it “obviously did not go as we thought it would.” He additionally stated that “I make every call” when requested whose resolution it was to go that route.
“I’m responsible for all of it,” Stefanski stated, through a transcript from the group.
The Browns did not convert on a earlier two-point play within the fourth quarter when Sanders misplaced the ball on the snap, however Stefanski stated that did not contribute to the choice to go along with the Wildcat look on the ultimate try to tie the sport. That alternative did not work out and the loss formally eradicated the Browns from playoff rivalry for the fourth time in Stefanski’s six years in Cleveland.