Welcome to this post-game edition of the From the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Kalura. The Browns

topped the Green Bay Packers in a thrilling 13 to 10 final in Huntington Bank Field this Sunday.

On this episode, you're here from head coach Kevin Stefansky, quarterback Joe Flacco, and defensive

and Miles Garrett. We start with head coach Kevin Stefanski, quarterback Joe Flacco, and defensive end Miles Garrett.

We start with head coach Kevin Stifansky, who gave his thoughts on the big win.

Really proud of that football team in there, feeding off of each other, you know, was not always easy.

And listen, that's a great football team on the other side.

I have a ton of respect for Coach LaFauntcque and that group. That's a great, great team. And we battled to the end and made those plays when we needed to and just fed off of each other and complimented each other. And we get that big takeaway from Grant sets us up. You know, we get a big play, obviously, from Q early. We get a stop. We get a block from Shelby. So it was just everybody. Then Dre came through at the end. I'm really proud of that young man. I'm happy for that young man. He's been through a lot, and he came through. So really happy for him. And, you know, this is the NFL. It's hard. You're going to go up against some tough teams and some tough matchups, and you're going to have to fight, scratch, and claw. And I thought our team did that today. If that, I'll take any questions. I guess all those compliments paid off during the week, huh? Apparently, apparently so. I mean, you know, made a point of it this week. I mean, that's football 101. We know that. We have to play that way every single week, but I think you saw there in that fourth quarter, our defense needed to get stops, and they got stops. And that was a huge part of that game. Coach, can you guys talk about the emotions that you had coming off the field? You were fist pumping. I don't remember. I don't remember. Yeah. You know, I'm, for me, I get to watch this team work. I get to watch these coaches work. And when you don't get the results you want in the first couple, you want it for them. I wanted that ball to go through

uprights for Andre. I wanted that team to fight till the last minute, to the last second in this

case, and come away with a win because they deserve it based on how hard they work.

How important is it to get a win early? I mean, not let week after week. You talk about the work that. Yeah, I think I'll tell you, Chris, is it to get a win early i mean not let week after week you know you talk about the work

yeah i think i'll tell you chris in the n-fell you better put the blinders on because this win today

won't matter next week and whatever whoever are playing next week they don't care what we just did

it's just it's how the NFL happens every week It comes at you and you have to move on.

You've got to put the blinders on. So obviously we go into this one winless. I know that, but I can't let that

affect how I work. I can't let that affect how we get this team ready to play. And then ultimately,

we worry about these one game seasons that we have.

How bad do you think it got for Schmidt after that first week?

Yeah.

He went through a lot.

He's been through a lot in his life, I would tell you.

And the kids come through.

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