The Cleveland Browns dropped Sunday’s Week 10 matchup against the New York Jets 27-20, with some late-game penalties taking away a chance to tie the game late.
With the Browns needing one final stop to get the ball back with under two minutes remaining, penalties from Devin Bush and Cameron Thomas sealed their fate. Facing 3rd-and-16, the Jets were bailed out when Bush was flagged for defensive holding, handing them a free first down.
Cleveland still had one last chance, but Thomas jumped offside on a play the Jets never intended to snap, gifting New York another first down and allowing them to kneel out the clock.
Coupled with a disjointed offensive performance and touchdowns surrendered on both a kickoff and a punt, the Browns’ loss to the Jets — a one-win team that had dealt away multiple Pro Bowlers at the trade deadline — left fans furious. When the final whistle blew, calls to fire head coach Kevin Stefanski quickly intensified.
“This team is a joke. Every team knows the Browns will implode and cannot win. That last series was inexcusable, yet they don’t care,” a fan said. “They will get their money and go home and be fine…team is a disgusting dumpster fire and Stefanski needs to go.”
“Fire Stefanski, it’s over. We just lost to a garbage fire on silly mistakes and bad special teams. Bench Gabriel and let’s see what Shedeur has the rest of the way,” another fan said.
“Stefanski and (GM Andrew) Berry shouldn’t even be allowed on the team plane home. Fire them both,” another said.
Browns Coach Kevin Stefanski Reacts to Loss
After the loss, Stefanski didn’t deliver a fiery message or publicly challenge his players. Instead, he stuck to his usual measured tone and familiar postgame remarks.
“We’re going to win as a team. We’re going to lose as a team. So we’ll all own that, including myself,” Stefanski said.
He added, “Just didn’t do a good enough job in any facet. We’ll just keep swinging.”
Stefanski has repeated the same talking points week after week, but the product on the field hasn’t improved. The Browns continue to fall flat against quality opponents, and Sunday’s loss to the Jets — a team focused more on draft position than playoff hopes — marked a new low point in the season.
Browns’ Slim Playoff Hopes Gone After Loss to Jets
Cleveland’s playoff chances were already hanging by a thread heading into Sunday. After the loss to the Jets, that thread has all but snapped. Any realistic hopes of a second-half turnaround have been erased, leaving the Browns staring at another long offseason ahead.
Now, the main storyline for fans is where the team will land in next year’s draft order — a fate that depends entirely on how many more losses pile up down the stretch. Cleveland sits among a cluster of two-win teams near the bottom of the standings, with only the Tennessee Titans — who owned the No. 1 pick this year — faring worse.
The Browns return home to face the division-leading Baltimore Ravens next week. They’ll face the Raiders and 49ers before hosting the Titans on Dec. 7 in what could end up being a pivotal matchup for 2026 draft positioning.
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