Cleveland Browns: Overreactions to Week 4 vs Vikings

Second Overreaction – Kevin Stefanski’s “homecoming” was an embarrassment

There really isn’t another way around this one. Kevin Stefanski’s first game back in Minnesota was an absolute embarrassment. This is a Cleveland Browns team that is a legitimate playoff contender and a Super Bowl hopeful, and they went into Minneapolis and stunk the place up.

There’s blame to go around as there were questionable calls made by Stefanski himself, going for it on fourth down after what we saw last week, poor execution of the play call, in this case, it was primarily on the quarterback and an underwhelming offensive production from all aspects of the game.

For being one of the brightest and most creative minds in football, there was nothing special against the Vikings. We didn’t see the usual Stefanski trickery and brilliance that we’ve seen in the past and that was quite the disappointment. His quarterback let him down, his offensive line let him down, his receivers let him down, pretty much everyone, but the running back room and the defense underperformed.

The Browns did not play at a level that in any way resembles how a contender does on a week-to-week basis. This is a game that should have been circled on the calendar the second the schedule was released and, overall, his players sure didn’t play like it.

Yes, a win is a win and it’s great that the team came away with the W, but there is no reason that any Browns fan or member of the organization should feel any sense of pride following that abysmal offensive performance.

If this team, specifically the offense, doesn’t turn it around and do it quickly, there won’t be much to celebrate come December and January. Congratulations to Coach Stefanski for winning his first “revenge game” and all, but this can’t be the expectation as the season goes on.