EXCLUSIVE: Browns return to the playoffs is a sign of the strong culture they have built
There’s most likely a chicken or egg contention to be had here. Are the Browns going to the end of the season games in light of Kevin Stefanski’s team-building efforts – – The Greenbrier, joint practices in Philadelphia, seven days in Los Angeles – – or do we see those things all the more well on the grounds that the Browns returned to the playoffs?
Stefanski’s greatest accomplishment this season has nothing to do with a playcall or a fourth down decision. It has been making this team his own and establishing his culture. It’s making sure things are being done his way, equipping his assistants to do their jobs and holding them to a standard that allows players like undrafted safeties Ronnie Hickman and D’Anthony Bell to step in and perform.
History is composed by the victors, so with the advantage of knowing the past it’s difficult to contend the aftereffects of Stefanski’s Master-building plan.
“I love the mountains. You must remember, I’m just 90 minutes from there,” right guard Wyatt Teller said after Thursday night’s season playoff securing prevail win over the jets.
