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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47987931/nfl-2026-report-cards-nflpa-32-teams

Interesting how the Browns players graded their Coaches last season.

Kevin Stefanski C-. Lowest graded head coach in the NFL by his players. 32 out of 32. Not to be out done Bubba Ventrone graded a D. Offensive Coordinator Tommy Reese a D+ graded just slightly better than Bubba. Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz A- no surprise he graded out the best of all Browns. Owner Jimmy Haslam and General Manager Andrew Berry both graded out as a C by the players. Interesting. Seems like the players might have come to same conclusion as FO. 3 Lowest graded coaches all fired. Stefanski, Ventrone, and Reese.

For those round here who keep insisting they wish the Browns ownership was as good AS Pittsburghs.

Treatment of Families: F
Home Game Field: F-
Food/Dining Area: B-
Nutritionist/Dietician: B
Locker Room: F-
Training Room: C
Training Staff: B+
Weight Room: B
Strength Coaches: B-
Position Coaches: B
Offensive Coordinator: B+
Defensive Coordinator: C
Special Teams Coordinator: A-
Team Travel: F
Head Coach: A
General Manager: C+
Team Ownership: D-
Overall Rank: 32

That was a surprise to me.

As was Berry getting a C while KS was a C- ... Stefanski getting a C- really does say a lot in my opinion.

On the one hand players are closer to this than anyone - so their opinions are valid and perhaps shine a light on things we as fans can only normally speculate on. On the other hand, a bit like fans opinions, I am sure winning cures a lot of issues when it comes to Coach/GM/Ownership.

When I get a moment, I'm going to look up the report cards from the last couple years. I find I'm far more interested in how the scores move year-over-year than the scores themselves.

Say what you want about Jimmy, but he's not scared of putting money in the team's infrastructure. They've kicked off a lot in the way of renovations to Berea over the past few years, and I expect the new stadium to lift some of those remaining lagging scores as well.

People have their own opinions about Jimmy Haslam but I said it before that I think he’s a good owner. He may have made mistakes but he’s truly trying to bring a winning team here. He’s been willing to spend money to do so and I agree that the new stadium will help those scores. I hope the latest moves are the beginnings of a successful new era that will make us a winner.

I really like Jimmy Haslam. I think he needs to back off more and let those that he employs to run his team do so, but he wants to win and he spends to try to win. If Watson was who they thought, he was when they made the trade the team was ready to win. They rightfully decided that Baker was not the QB to ever get a team to the Superbowl. They just swung and missed with Watson. I truly believe that if they get the team back ready to win Jimmy will do what he needs to do to try to get this team over the top. I appreciate that in an Owner.

I agree 👍

I tried to have AI put that in a table but it wasn't very successful. I also asked for the same as far as 2026 team grades for locker room and team travel and got: "Because I can’t see the complete structured table of all 32 locker‑room grades at once, I’d be guessing if I tried to give you an exact ordered list from 1 to 32."

My suspicion was that most teams think their locker rooms and team travel sucks. I could be wrong.

j/c:

These grades are stupid and flawed. You have players only grading their current situation and most have no clue of the other team's amenities (or lack thereof) to compare for anything reasonably fair as far as a grading scale between teams is concerned.

Always a disheartening read if your the team chef/smoothie maker/dietician. I'd side eye all the players as I served them meals/smoothies/etc..

I'd never give an 'A' if I was a player to the team locker room or travel. Those are creature comforts that'd I want my employer to be constantly improving and not getting complacent.

First class leather seating on the team plane? 'C-'! "The seats could be wider, recline further and why not have individual pods similar to what are availble on overseas flights?"

Right? Also, this is an "online anonymous survey", that discloses nothing about how the questions are worded or any other specifics, and then spits out generic "grades" on generic categories.

Just seeing a bunch of locker rooms graded as "F" (and I believe, last year the Browns were "F-") makes me wonder. I mean, anyone one that spent any time on any roster is free to grade but they all (almost all) agree on an F grade? Apparently, they all want a Lazy Boy and a personal masseuse.

Just goofy.

That's one of the big reasons why I like to look at multiple years of grades and see the movement on the grades vs just look at the individual grades themselves.


I just think there's way too much opportunity for other/unrelated stuff to influence grading. The Steelers grade this year was weird, IMO. I don't recall them scoring so low before (but again, I gotta go and look before I make a more definitive statement... but my assumption is that scores on stuff that hasn't changed much (facilities) dropped like a rock because players are mad about Tomlin leaving).

All you need to do is change the name and team and this applies with every FA signing and high draft pick teams make at the QB position.

You either get it right or you get it wrong. The last time I checked most people, including yourself were never an advocate in terms of participation trophies.

"Well he tried but."

AI shows that Treatment of Families, Home Game Field, Locker Room and Team Travel are trash (Ds and Fs) for five years straight. I think your "things haven't changed" is the basis for repeating scores year after year.

Also, the survey took place from November 2 through December 11, and apparently that's the norm every year, so it can't really have anything to do with Tomlin leaving.

The barrage of "F"s in nearly all the same categories, for nearly all teams, just makes a mockery of the whole thing. It would carry more weight if there were less Fs.

You're conducting this survey and publishing it in the hopes there will be some momentum for change through public comment? I don't think many fans will feel bad that someone making 1-3 million every Sunday is sad about the cushioning in the plane's seats.

In a way yes but the FO thought they had a SB window and did not feel their current QB was capable of getting the team over the hump. It was the right move to go all in on a QB that could get them over the hump. Watson just was not the right QB. The Browns or most teams are not going all in on every FA like they did Watson because they were swinging for the fences in this instance. They just struck out. Hopefully next time they connect. Many Owners never make bold moves to win. At least Haslam did.

I'll never fault Haslam for his willingness to spend money to support the team winning.


Using the Watson trade as proof Haslam is a good owner because he's willing to spend is glossing over the lack of attention paid to how poor of a fit Watson was with the framework at the time. I hate using the benefit of hindsight to judge a decision, but if there's anything we can agree on, it's that Watson was a bad fit for the Stefanksi offense.


As I've mentioned before, my assumption is that Watson was primarily driven by Haslam... with Stefanski and Berry (at least) acquiescing to their boss.

I agree with you on all counts. They were right to go "all in on a QB that could get them over the hump."

But they got it wrong and struck out. Where I am from we call that an abject failure. As I said before I had no idea you would be the person handing out a participation trophy for failure.

Jimmy Haslam has proven that he wants to win and will do whatever it takes. Unfortunately, the DW trade didn't work out as we all know. There's competition among the owners no doubt. Every one of them would like to walk into an owners meeting as the guy whose team won the Super Bowl. Or, at the least have his franchise well run and competitive every year. I know I would!