{"id":661245,"date":"2026-01-07T13:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661245\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:51:11","slug":"browns-hc-search-shedeur-sanders-role-kevin-stefanskis-firing-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661245\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns HC search: Shedeur Sanders\u2019 role, Kevin Stefanski\u2019s firing related"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There is significant uncertainty heading into the 2026 season surrounding both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-news\/114629\/browns-fire-kevin-stefanski-jimmy-haslam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">head coaching position<\/a> and the starting quarterback. While Shedeur Sanders showed growth as the starter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-news\/114690\/cleveland-browns-andrew-berry-says-starting-qb-for-2026-is-still-unknown-shedeur-sanders-dillon-gabriel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the team has not committed to him moving forward<\/a>. When Jimmy Haslam was asked about Sanders\u2019 future with the team, he kept his answer vague, stating that there was a lot of work to be done on the offensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As the organization evaluates quarterback options via free agency, trades, and the draft, Sanders\u2019 presence is not expected to factor into the head coaching decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One of the more important aspects the team should focus on when looking for the next coach is someone who has experience developing young and inexperienced quarterbacks. Whether it\u2019s Sanders, a rookie, or a bridge quarterback, some level of development will likely be required. The head coach must be willing to invest their time into this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If the team was committed to Sanders as the starter moving forward, they may have been more likely to keep Kevin Stefanski around. Stefanski has already spent a lot of time and effort into developing Sanders, and creating stability for the rookie quarterback would have been helpful. Given that there\u2019s uncertainty regarding Sanders, it makes it much easier to have a fresh start with the head coach as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let me know what you think in the comments \u2013 Does Shedeur impact who gets hired? If so, should they have kept Stefanski?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is significant uncertainty heading into the 2026 season surrounding both the head coaching position and the starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,89287,53868,85398,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-661245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-coaching-staff","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-community-questions-and-conversation-starters","13":"tag-cleveland-browns-discussion","14":"tag-clevelandbrowns","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115854146762912173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}