Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski Meets With The Media Ahead Of Their Week 2 Matchup With Jaguars

member last year but Playmakers on the perimeter they added to their wide receiver room uh Evan Ingram really really good player uh was very difficult to cover last year for us so he's a challenge um Run game multiple uh up front uh they really can do different things defensively um Ryan neelson outstanding coach uh good guys up front good guys in the back end they can play coverage they play man they can play zone they can pressure you uh and with great players up front um and then special teams Heath Farwell uh special teams coordinator for them we were together in Minnesota many moons ago um does a really nice job with that group so good kicker rookie kicker I think hit a 50 yard uh last week punter's very good as we know and then du a returner we know well so talented across the board with really good coaches so uh we got to have a great work week uh before getting on that plane with that I'll take any questions in regards to DeShawn in light of the the new um allegations do you still play is it going to play this week is everything still football wise still a go yes everything that is going on in his life right now um I know you said you're 100% focused on Jacksonville just you know haven't been around him where where's his Focus where's he yeah focused on on the task at hand this from becoming a distraction Kevin yeah it's how we operate Jeff we really uh are concerned about the things that are right in front of us in this building uh concerned about we concern ourselves with our opponent so that's that's really where our focus is not playing him given the seriousness of the allegations no catch the organization surprise uh I was not aware of of the allegations How concerned are you if at all about losing your starting quarterback to the discipline from the league once more yeah not a really a consideration for me Jack and J uh no update both guys will be out there practicing uh today the signing of cadarius Tony um you have a lot of receivers you have a lot of returners so what's up with the acquisition yeah I just felt like it's a player that we can add to our practice squad Tony uh potentially down the road uh somebody that could help us on offense and special teams Defenders today inj Reserve tou on just what a blow that is and and how you plan to fill those four roles yeah a lot of roster moves uh on Monday and Tuesday but that's part of it uh Andrew and the Personnel Group did a really nice job finding some guys to bring in here that that will help us and again that's part of it you don't love seeing your your guys in Boots walking around obviously but but that's uh that's part of it and they'll bounce back uh Juan played pretty much the whole game on Sunday when did the the cap injury yeah it started to bother him late in the game I don't have the exact play uh he's very disappointed I thought he played really well in that game but he'll be he'll be just fine they all out for the year none of them designated for return uh I think they're all potential for return yeah nobody's done for the season not the guys were're talking about the was it four yeah not being out there it looked like Ronnie and Rodney played Sunday would you use both those guys yeah both guys will play injy the game also don't know the exact play I remember him playing through it I remember him it bothering him but the exact play I don't recall half injured last year so is this related um I think they're all related to each other when you're talking about any type of lower body extremity but he he's worked so hard in the off season uh I think he's in great shape it's it's just just an unfortunate thing he stays on top of it we stay on top of it but unfortunately he's uh out for a few games I believe so for you guys in practice this week looking at that offensive line and how they can kind of operate with your quarterback and and kind of correct those wrongs from that first week yeah I think so much of uh the game and we talked about the last week's game but talking about just in general pass protection is really an 11 person job and it's add a 12th at a coach to that too so it's our job to put the plan together and then it's the offensive line the tight ends are heavily involved in protection whether they're helping or whether they're responsible for a player or and then receivers and tight ends getting open running backs obviously Factor hugely into that as well and then the quarterback and the quarterback uh always has to work together with the offensive line understand where they're setting where you set versus a quick game is different than where you may set for a seven step drop in those type of things so everybody has to work in concert Jacksonville defensive line comparative to what you saw last week against the Cowboys I know Cowboys had Micah but is this maybe as a group a better defensive front than even what you saw I can't compare the two uh I would tell you they're they're outstanding uh we played them uh obviously played 44 41 uh last time but to add length in 91 to this group I mean it's a really talented group uh we'll have our work C out for ourselves um you have three tight ends now on the practice squad are any of them capable of catching up to what you do here you contribute for for sure yeah and that's we absolutely have options on your practice squad uh there's as you know you can get two elevations per game with that with those players so those are all things that we'll continue to look at but yeah all all the players on our practice squad we feel uh we're always trying to get those guys ready to play on Sunday Reser today so it's pretty easy to assume that right that's good news for him just where where's he at and uh is he closer to coming back now or closer to that that four-week IR window he's out this week Beyond this week I can't I don't really have a we'll have to see how it goes similar different are the Jaguars from when you played them yeah I mean they're different we're different they have a new defensive coordinator we have a new offensive coordinator obviously there were guys that were injured in their first game that are now playing they had uh you know Gabe Davis had Brian Thomas they had receivers uh you know we obviously had we have players that weren't available in that last game that are playing so there's guys back from injury so I think the Personnel is so different and in a lot of ways the scheme is different too ju I think I believe the team was uh last in the league in terms of motion motion at the snap I know that in bringing kendor along that's kind of one of the things that you wanted to incorporate more was that low use of motion just a factor byproduct of you know having trouble just normally getting lined up in some of the procedural penties yeah I wouldn't read too much into one week samples on in terms of whe whether it's motion or play type and those type of things it's always a week toe thing was playing on that angle so when he's healthy what makes him so extremely talented uh can make every throw very very athletic uh has made plays with his feet o over the course of time in his career but can can make every throw uh really a a playmaker from the pocket uh just really solid player Thomas uh what traits really stand out about him they kind of separate him that you know make them dangerous that downfield threat uh can run can make contested catches uh he he a lot of people liked him come when he was coming out the two linebackers you had to put on IR I would assume that would mean more time for uh Devon and Bui what have you seen from them I know Bui miss a bunch of training camp but what have you seen that you C Devon's played well uh has really gotten to know this system and how to operate in this system and has had played well in defense and special teams Bui obviously battled that injury for a minute but he's he's coming around and and again good feel for what we're doing the Run game for you guys how do you kind of get that going uh yeah I think again it kind of goes back to the week to we type of thing so uh some of it we need to be better schematically some of it we just need to strain a little bit harder uh it's not going to be easy that this is a very good run defense particularly with the guys we were talking about that they have up front but uh just got to make sure that we put our guys in position to go make plays and that's true in the run and the pass r a lot of quick game on Sunday how much of that was to protect in guard of the protection issues and how much of that was to try and build some confidence first shot yeah I think there's always a balance there when it comes to the pass game about getting the ball out quickly and then holding it so you're players can get farther down the field and attack different areas of the field there that's always a balance good okay thanks guys