Earlier than the Cleveland Browns revealed on Monday that they had fired head coach Kevin Stefanski, a report said that he would “appeal to severe curiosity from” the New York Giants if he had been to grow to be accessible.
Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart met with Stefanski and the Browns forward of the 2025 NFL Draft. On Monday, Dart was requested about presumably working with Stefanski later this 12 months.
Jaxson Dart thinks Kevin Stefanski is “nice”
“Coach Stefanski was nice,” Dart defined, per John Flanigan of SNY. “He’s had a very good profession, particularly from an offensive facet of issues. I assumed the go to with him and his workers went effectively, and I feel he’s a very good coach.”
Baker Mayfield was a third-year quarterback when he received a playoff recreation below Stefanski through the coach’s first season with the Browns (2020). Stefanski later earned Coach of the Yr Award honors for the second time in his Cleveland tenure when he guided the 2023 Browns to the postseason.
That mentioned, Cleveland went 8-26 from Week 1 of the 2024 season by means of Sunday earlier than Stefanski was proven the door.
In the meantime, Dart and first-year operating again Cam Skattebo supplied the Giants with a wanted injection of positivity by way of their “aggressive” personalities this previous fall. On Monday, Dart indicated he’d like normal supervisor Joe Schoen to rent a head coach who can match the power possessed by the younger signal-caller.
“I undoubtedly really feel like there’s a relationship standpoint from the quarterback to the pinnacle coach that you really want, I really feel that can assist me play higher on the sphere as effectively,” Dart defined. “I undoubtedly need somebody who can match my depth and I can match theirs, and to have the identical imaginative and prescient and outlook on how we would like issues to be carried out, and to win on the highest stage.”
Jameis Winston thinks Kevin Stefanski might succeed with Giants
Earlier than veteran quarterback Jameis Winston signed a two-year contract with the Giants this previous offseason, he performed below Stefanski as a member of the 2024 Browns. On Monday, Winston spoke with Art Stapleton of NorthJersey.com concerning the Giants’ alleged curiosity in Stefanski.
“Coach Stefanski is an excellent offensive thoughts, nice chief,” Winston mentioned. “He could be an asset for any workforce as a head coach.”
Winston added that he feels Stefanski “can lead wherever.” It stays to be seen if Stefanski will emerge because the Giants’ most well-liked candidate later this winter.
