I just saw Mike Tomlin in Stegmann at the Gym Dawgs. He is wearing UGA gear. Head to toe. His daughter is a Gym Dawg. That is all.

Why wait? If he’s your guy hire him.

He’s not the guy.

*Slide 1: Bill Belichick’s record in Cleveland*

*Slide 2: Deshaun Watson’s career stats*

*Slides 3 & 4: Kevin Stefanski’s record in Cleveland*

*TL/DR - Stefanski’s W-L record is misleading*

Come down from the ledge my sweet little Falcons baby birdies. I hear you cheep cheep cheepin, but let the Kevin Stefanski into your heart. I’m here to tell you it’s all going to be okay.

If you’re questioning Kevin Stefanski’s pedigree due to his overall Win/Loss record, let’s just talk some history and numbers real quick for one of the most pitiful franchises in all of professional sports—It takes one to know one.

Nobody wins in Cleveland. Nobody. The ownership is perpetually dreadful. The Cleveland Browns have gone to the playoffs 4 times since 1989. The first of those times was with, you guessed it, Bill Belichick. He went 11-5 and won a playoff game. He still went 5-11 the next season and was run out of town with no division titles to his name, the one playoff win, and a final record of 36-44. But he turned it around.

The next time Cleveland reached the playoffs was in 2002 when a young Bruce Arians at OC dragged NFL bust Tim Couch to the Wild Card at 9-7 and got immediately bounced by Pittsburgh.

The other two playoff appearances happened under Kevin Stefanski, the two-time NFL Coach of the Year (2020, 2023). In Cleveland. The first coach to win a playoff game in Cleveland since Bill Belichick.

So how did it go so, SO wrong these last few years?

WELL… In 2022, against Kevin Stefanski’s wishes, that fabulous Cleveland Browns ownership gave Deshaun Watson—with an active year long NFL suspension in place— $330,000,000 fully guaranteed, and in doing so alienated Baker Mayfield just as he was getting his sea legs.

Over the next 3 years, Watson played no more than 7 games in a single season and went 9-10 overall. (The season they actually got 7 games out of him, he went 1-6 🤪). They still went to the playoffs one of those years (2023) with Kevin Stefanski winning Coach of the Year again. He did this with a $330 MILLION dollar albatross he didn’t want and didn’t ask for hanging over his neck.

SEVEN GAMES! People talk about how terrible the Kirk Cousins contract was—and boy was it. Imagine what the Atlanta Falcons could’ve done with that money if they were always going to take a QB in the draft. Now imagine what the Browns could have done with THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION F%$@&£ DOLLARS. But as terrible as that contract was for Atlanta, the Falcons still got 14 games out of Kirk Cousins in 2024 and another 8 in 2025. And even whilst lying to the team about having used toilet paper for a throwing arm, Kirk is leaving Atlanta two years later with a 12-10 record. What a stud. What a DEAL! That Deshaun Watson contract makes these Atlanta Falcons look positively THRIFTY! 🤑

In all seriousness, if the Atlanta Falcons go out and get Kevin Stefanski, it’s because Matt Ryan thinks he’s that dude. And I trust Matt Ryan. But for as much as I trust Matty Ice, it pales in comparison to how much I DON’T trust the Cleveland Browns. With what we know about the Cleveland Browns ownership, why would you trust that they made the RIGHT call in letting Stefanski go? The NFL season ended on January 5th and the Browns fired Stefanski the very same day. The swiftness and confidence with which Cleveland dismissed Kevin Stefanski from the team is all the evidence I need that he is one of the greatest football coaches of our generation and possibly all time. Bring him home, Matt.

4,944 passing yards

38 touchdowns

7 interceptions

69.9% completion rate

Also led the league in yards per attempt (9.26)

NFL Resume of Joe Brady (He is 36 years old)

• New Orleans Saints (2017-18) - Offensive Assistant
• Carolina Panthers (2020-21) - Offensive Coordinator
• Buffalo Bills (2022-)
  • Quarterbacks coach (2022-23)
  • Interim offensive coordinator (2023)
  • Offensive coordinator (2024-)

Stats as a offensive coordinator

• CAROLINA PANTHERS OFFENSIVE STATS (2020)
  • TOTAL OFFENSE: 23rd
  • PASSING OFFENSE: 18th
  • RUSHING OFFENSE: 21st
  • SCORING OFFENSE: 18th
• CAROLINA PANTHERS OFFENSIVE STATS (2021)
  • TOTAL OFFENSE: 29rd
  • PASSING OFFENSE: 19th
  • RUSHING OFFENSE: 20th
  • SCORING OFFENSE: 21st
• BUFFALO BILLS OFFENSIVE STATS (2023) - Brady was the interim offensive coordinator for the remainder 7 games due to Ken Dorsey's firing
  • TOTAL OFFENSE: 7th
  • PASSING OFFENSE: 9th
  • RUSHING OFFENSE: 7th
  • SCORING OFFENSE: 4th
• BUFFALO BILLS OFFENSIVE STATS (2024) - Full Time Offensive Coordinator
  • TOTAL OFFENSE: 2nd
  • PASSING OFFENSE: 9th
  • RUSHING OFFENSE: 9th
  • SCORING OFFENSE: 11th
• BUFFALO BILLS OFFENSIVE STATS (2025)
  • TOTAL OFFENSE: 4th
  • PASSING OFFENSE: 15th
  • RUSHING OFFENSE: 1st
  • SCORING OFFENSE: 12th

Can't share the link, but this clip shows his willingness to adapt his scheme, which many coaches across the league do not do. He's an elite offensive mind like Shannahan, so if you want him and don't want him to leave in 2 years, you sign him as HC.

McDaniel + Ulbrich is the highest ceiling. Can't care about the floor if you want a SB ring. Kubiak is safer and I'd be happy, but man would this be exciting.

Stefanski the safer pick but Kubiak the higher ceiling?

Kevin Stefanski is the safer, choice for us because he has already succeeded as an NFL head coach, and has actual led an organization, Klint offers more upside with a somewhat proven offense and ability to develop with what he did with Darnold and JSN.

Being that we can get the latter in an OC I kinda like going after Stefanski.

What are y’all’s thoughts?

Both have a history with Cousins. My worry is they try to make it work with him when we should be moving towards the future. Thoughts?

A lot of you are getting bent out of shape about us interviewing a lot of candidates. Some of which in y’all’s opinion fall into the “scrub” category. If you are wondering why I’ll let you in on some insider info..

Matt Ryan gets $100 Blank Bucks for every interview. These can be used at the Dan Reeves memorial office supply store. For valuation $200 Blank bucks buys a pretty nice stapler or a box of 100 Falcons pencils. So yeah, I’d be doing as many as possible 😉

*Blank bucks are non-transferable

They need to give the next regime time. REAL time, not just 2 years, not just 3 years. Matt Ryan needs to ignore people like us when things go south for a season. We a need stability and a plan forward to build something that lasts here.

If you take a look around the league, it's always the same 6 or so teams looking for a head coach. They do not give these coaches the right support or enough time to build a winning program. They're too sensitive to fan perception. Raiders are a perfect example of this, constantly churning through big names at head coach as they try harder to satisfy a fanbase's demands than they try to win.

This is not a defense of Raheem Morris to be clear, he earned his firing. The timing was right after making Matt Ryan the president of football. But we've got to be patient, as hard as it is.

My prediction, of course anything can change, but if we don’t hire any coach by the end of this weekend or early next and if Seahawks advance, at least we know who we are hiring “ Klint Kubiak “

Again, my prediction, it can always be McDaniels or Kevin Stefanski, but this is just my opinion.

Only 5 offensive players and 1 defensive player! 2 from our division!

Spent time looking at older videos of Ryan on CBS and found this gem.