Kevin Stefanski Won’t Be Available for Wild Card Weekend After Testing Positive for COVID-19

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski is going to have to take a seat in quarantine this coming wildcard weekend. He’s tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be available for the AFC wild-card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. That’s if the game remains on Sunday night.  The Browns said special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer will be the interim head coach. Offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt is expected to call the offensive plays.

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See the report below:

We were informed this morning that Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, two additional members of the coaching staff and two players have tested positive for COVID-19.

Our contingency planning calls for Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer to serve as the acting Head Coach. pic.twitter.com/Mhh9Zt1e4d

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) January 5, 2021

See the reactions below:

This #Covid19 pandemic sucks. The #Browns first playoff game in 18 years and our head coach @KevinStefanski2 cannot be on the sidelines calling plays. https://t.co/NLoDkd5B45

— dort1gold (@dort1gold) January 5, 2021

Bad timing for a COVID scare in the Browns organization … 😬

Following today’s news, the Browns ML has dropped from +150 to +225 in their matchup against the Steelers on Sunday night.

This is Cleveland’s first playoff game since 2002. #NFLTwitter | #NFLPlayoffs https://t.co/LkqHftg244

— Play It As It Lies Podcast (@PlayItPod) January 5, 2021

Only fitting the #Browns finally make the Playoffs for the first time in 18 years then they get an outbreak sweeping through the building that claims the Head Coach & 2 Assistants and 2 more players. They can't catch a break https://t.co/9WkLUsod6k

— Faux George The Builder McCaskey 🇺🇦 (@FauxMcCaskey) January 5, 2021

The Hell with this Virus. It's no more dangerous than the Flu to healthy people. Let them all wear masks and lets play. Asymptomatic people can't spread the Virus anyways. If they have no symptoms they are no danger to anyone else. https://t.co/qcjXQfjESO

— Dave Browns Fan (@browns_dave) January 5, 2021

Very fitting way for their playoff run to end. I hope they have a speedy recovery, but that’s just their luck. I know Bengals fans can relate https://t.co/5x31jj5Say

— Not Zac Taylor (@NotZacTaylor) January 5, 2021

Son.of.a.bitch.! https://t.co/lneilkgQup

— Kindadumb (@KindaKnumb) January 5, 2021

When you hear Browns fans say “we can’t ever have anything nice”, this is the type of shit we mean https://t.co/nYOqvO2srD

— #1 Don Lee Fan Account (@cole_childres) January 5, 2021

Well this fucking sucks. https://t.co/AEA5YpKdZF

— King Kong Hates Curtiss Falcons (@MAPRoberts) January 5, 2021

Reschedule the game y’all already fucked us once this year https://t.co/3I6P88JVdx

— DShelton🤟🏽 (@DShelton93) January 5, 2021

Things aren’t shaping nicely in Cleveland… 😬 https://t.co/DHkYdfENFj

— Dallas Sports (@DallasSportsOli) January 5, 2021

How is this allowed to happen? The biggest game in the history of the org and the HC misses the game bc of a stupid virus?🤦‍♂️😒🙄🤬🤬 fuck this bs! https://t.co/MSuWV3jmGa

— ricky (@ricky_stehlik) January 5, 2021

Rules are rules, and  according to NFL rules, anyone testing positive must sit out at least 10 days.

No change to the status of Browns-Steelers game, NFL's Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) says. It remains scheduled for Sunday night in Pittsburgh.

— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) January 5, 2021

The Browns will be playing in their first playoff game since 2002, and they won’t have their head coach.

So Browns.

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