Kevin Stefanski Cleveland Browns Press Conference | August 15, 2024

back is it we'll go Dorian to start and then Snoop to finish just those two guys yes sir and Z was back today was it nice to seeus good to see zarius back out there I mean he was out there yesterday you heard him uh but it was good to have him in pads Kevin you talked yesterday about some of the issues up front on the offensive line how did you like the way they responded today looked like there weren't many issues there yeah I thought it was good uh you know yesterday we did a third down section which is a a you and third and long section which is a difficult spot to be in in in those uh pass protections uh more Red Zone work today but I think the guys made a lot of Corrections I think that's another big point of these and just talking to their coaches as well they play a very different defense than us and we play you know the style that we play is very different that they see every day so I think they're appreciative to go up against our scheme and learn some different things about uh their scheme against that and and vice versa Kevin we got a good look at DTR and that half last week what kind of Camp has Snoop had yeah strong uh he's done a nice job uh I really like that entire room's worked very very hard uh they do a great job in the meeting room they do an outstanding job out here on the field and then these game reps are additional opportunities for them I see Ry McLoud wasn't practicing you know what's going on uh sure but he'll be okay and Denzel does he have a concussion no update the protocol it seems like uh this was the first time for the most part that Deshawn had most of his starting offensive weapons so is it starting to come together where he can kind of see what this is going to be and look like now I think that's all part of this Mary Kay even going back to uh the spring got a lot of work done in the spring and then you add on what you're doing now uh obviously as a quarterback and yes as a coach you want all of your guys out there uh but we'll get them out there when they're ready and then uh it's good to to get some good reps both call it an indiv idual then in a seven on seven then in the team so obviously it's always good to have your guys out there Judy had a nice leaping T catch today from Des how nice was it if you saw that I I didn't have a great angle I saw it I I asked who caught it they told me Jerry uh yeah he he had had another nice route before then as well I think he's a versatile route Runner uh so he complements our group really well Kevin where's where's Greg at in his progression getting back to B in terms of stage of of the rehab he's doing really he is doing really well uh I I don't have a time frame for you uh he and I think he would tell you he's feeling really good any observation of those two two minute drivs for the from the offense uh not until I watch it you know hard to say uh I didn't have the best view of it uh obviously it's those are great great situational uh exercises and drills for us just talking to to their coaches they get a lot out of it as well on both sides of the ball uh it puts you in in positions to make some calls that you've worked through in in the in the indoor and some walkthroughs and then you bring it out here and it's first time really getting full speed reps with some of those things uh so I thought the guys did a by and large a good job but obviously when you have the ball and you're down eight you have to go score was talking about getting down timing especially with Jerry and Judy how do you see that progressing I I I think it's progressing I think they're doing a nice job uh with it uh Jerry's run good routes he's friendly for the quarterback uh so a lot of it is the quarterback just building a book on all of his players and understanding the Nuance of each one of those guys and then you have to does you have to do that again with the guys who have been here since it's a somewhat of a new offense uh I think all all of it adds up I think all of it's important every rep you get out there is important so yeah I think every day you're trying to fine-tune things Kevin you you talked yesterday about you wanted to see the film because you were focus on office when you went back and looked at the film you know what were what were some of the things that really stood out to you about yesterday's defensive performance yeah I thought we played good that we made some big plays we didn't play great there there were things that we did uh that I know coach wasn't super happy with that we can do better from a uh execution standpoint uh so we can definitely be better but when you come away with the ball uh in in some of those drills it covers up some of those things how I mean miles seemed to light yesterday how did he look on film because it seemed like in real real time he was yeah that was a great matchup uh I think their 71 is was pretty good I like our 95 to watch those guys go up against each other it was it was it was fun to watch Kevin is Elijah dealing with anything I don't think I saw him that much dealing with anything to your y good how about Justin Jefferson they had a pretty nice yeah another great matchup uh MJ's really grown as a player over his time here you see him taking steps uh each and every week he's out here so uh to go up against uh a great Premier guy in this league uh to to match up against him a ton I think can only make him better Kevin we uh saw a couple miscommunications on some of those Choice routes we talked about this offseason and the two-minute drill here at the end is it just something you guys are still kind of working through in this new offense and getting used to a little bit going I don't know that those were Choice routes uh per se I think you just have to get on the same page really in in all areas Run game pass game all of it did you feel it was ever getting close to the edge of chippiness did you step in and say anything uh no these are two teams with Pros on either side uh again there's a lot of carryover guys know each other from growing up from College from playing against each other playing with each other so uh it's it's a spirited environment it's football we don't mind that we enjoy that we like guys that are talking trash on either side that's that's just all part of it you guys up to Minnesota repay the favor I haven't talked about it yet but we shall seean said that he was just kind of learning that the plan was for him to play in Seattle today is that more of him being focused on these joint practices treating it like game reps yeah uh he's you know focused on what he has to do right in front of him uh which is how it should be but you did communicate with him that the plan is for him plan of we communicate a lot yes Dante Corman seems like he uh back coming back pretty strongly and running a little hard how's he do yeah excited that back obviously you guys were there down at the green BR that was scary uh you know that was uh not something you ever want to see for your player but obviously we knew quickly that it was uh was going to be something that he would bounce back from and he has he runs tough uh we like how how he operates in this offense so he's given us some really good reps Kevin you pass the like install pH this from an offensive perspective is this just now about refining everything that you've installed this offseason here going forward you still putting stuff in I think when you get to this point in Camp for us you're out of the install world now you're really into the streamlining world and and seeing what fits your guys and and that's so much of it going back to the spring and then in into July and August finding out what you think you might do well finding out the things that maybe you aren't so good at so you shove those or you find better ways to do them so that's where we are uh offensively and defensively and then finding out the guys that are available guys that you can where you're going to plug them in where you're going to move them around those type of things go ahead just follow up on that do you feel like you got a a good base of things that you feel like you do really really well right now on with I feel like I have a good base of uh how what we do well potentially uh you know that's all obviously we got plenty of work to do but I I think I know I think we know uh potentially what we can do well is Stinger for um for my call something that could keep him out a little bit of time potentially yes Uh Kevin just what do you think about the running game as it is with the guys you have now and yeah like the past game I'd say work in progress it kind of goes back to Daryl's question still figuring out what fits our players best the runners the line those type of things there's core things uh that I believe we can do and do well but it's still a matter of uh working those and just getting uh all of the Nuance taught in those schemes is it are there are there more adjustments for the running game compared with this offense compared what you were doing last year are you in the shotgun a lot more there any of that kind of stuff remains to be seen I think there's there's definitely different areas that you can lean into uh shotgun under Center multiple tight ends no tight ends uh there's all sorts of variables that uh we're working through and and and really now is the time in Camp and we'll start to streamline that good okay thank you guys app no star e