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The Cleveland Browns moved on from Freddie Kitchens this offseason, so they had to find a new head coach. They found one in Kevin Stefanski, and he was quick to talk about his new quarterback, Baker Mayfield.
According to Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com, Stefanski is ready to go to work with Mayfield and spoke out on his potential.
“I spoke to Baker briefly yesterday,” Stefanski said at his press conference today. “He’s the quarterback, he’s the trigger man, and that’s the exciting part to me. I’ve worked with a lot of quarterbacks, a lot of great ones over the years, and I’m looking forward to hunkering down with him and getting to work. Like any one of our players, when they walk into the building we’re going to have a detailed plan for them and how they’re gong to improve. And Baker, as a young player, the sky’s the limit, but we’re going to put in the work to get it done with Baker. I’m still in the infancy of studying last year and we’ll identify some things as we get going, but certainly, when you’re talking about this job and this franchise and everything that goes with it, you talk about the quarterback, and I think the sky’s the limit for the kid.”
It was not just potential though. There is a lot that the new coach seems to be excited about, and he was ready to discuss all of it. Stefanski is clearly sold on Mayfield as a person, a leader, and the team's quarterback.
“The skill set that our quarterback has is legit. He’s as accurate as they come. I think there’s plenty of things that we’ll do schematically to hopefully make life easier on him, and I’m looking forward to the jump that this kid will take. He’s such a young player. . . . I really think this kid has a chance to take off.”
There's a very good chance that Stefanski's feelings about Mayfield helped him get the job. The Browns invested the number one pick of the 2018 NFL Draft in the quarterback.
He was fantastic his rookie season but took a big step back in 2019. Despite that, Cleveland still has high hopes for him. So bringing in a coach that seems excited about the prospects of Baker Mayfield seems like a smart move. It looks like Kevin Stefanski is the perfect fit for the time being.
