The NFL Players Association released the results of its survey regarding the league’s 32 teams on Wednesday and the results weren’t too kind to the Cleveland Browns.
Altogether, the Browns ranked 23rd overall and received D+ grades or worse in multiple categories, including treatment of families (D-), locker room (D+), weight room (D) and team travel (D).
Speaking to reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski addressed his team’s poor showing in the NFLPA report card. And the two-time NFL Coach of the Year noted that the team has already taken steps to improve its weight room, which ranked 30th out of 32 teams based on the survey.
“Every year you have to be open to everything information-wise to get better,” Stefanski said. “In there, talking about the weight room was one thing. I’m happy to tell you guys we’re building a new weight room. So we know that that’s an area where we want to get better. I take input from our players. I feel strongly about our leaders, our leadership committee. My office downstairs, the door’s always open. Even if it’s closed, it’s open. So I welcome input and that will never change.”
#Browns Kevin Stefanski announces the team will build a new weight room. Since 2020 it has been inside the already small field house. pic.twitter.com/O6wKB48AfM
— Brad Stainbrook (@StainbrookNFL) February 28, 2024
Since becoming the head coach of the Browns in 2020, Stefanski has amassed a 37-30 record in four seasons, twice leading Cleveland to the postseason. In 2023 he was named the NFL’s Coach of the Year after helping guide the Browns to an 11-6 record and Wild Card spot despite the team starting four different quarterbacks throughout the season.
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