December 29, 2025 • 20 mins
On this postgame episode, hear from Browns HC Kevin Stefanski, QB Shedeur Sanders, and DE Myles Garrett following a 13-6 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in week 17 of the 2025 NFL season.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to this week seventeen postgame victory edition of the
From the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Kolera. The Browns took
down the Pittsburgh Steelers in Huntington bank Field on Sunday
by a final score of thirteen to six. On this episode,
you'll hear from head coach Kevin Stefanski, quarterback Shade or Sanders,
and defensive end Miles Garrett. Up first, here's your head
coach Kevin Stefanski with his thoughts on the win.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I mean they have to play and empty the entire
game and chip both sizes or two eligibles you know
that aren't getting out in the route immediately, So it
affects how teams play.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Us coming you talked about the way this the effort
and the way these guys are playing. You know, the
way this season has gone, it would have been easy
for a lot of people would seem.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
To kind of pack things up. What is it about
this group that they don't seem.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
To Yeah, I just I know this group too well.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I know how important this game is to them, how
important it is to me.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
We only know one way.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
What can you say about Denzelder at the end, Sure,
Rogers targeted all game and then yeah, he played really well.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You know, he's a great player. Great to have him
back out there. You know, that's a lot of time
there for a Hall of Famer. So we knew they
were gonna make their plays, but our guys made one
more than they did.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
What can you say, just in general about this defensive
effort to hold them down and hold Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Down the way they did outstanding, outstanding, and.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
A bunch of individual efforts, obviously Miles getting all the
attention he got. I thought Tyson was outstanding. I thought
Carson battled and fought like he always does and ends
up tackling the guy to the ground. You know, just
a bunch of individual efforts and just that was what
was required today.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Talk about individual efforts. The special things have been sort
of aligned all season.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
But when you needed the field clip, how big was
that punt that.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Corey got off?
Speaker 5 (01:52):
That was that was that was huge?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
You know, Drake coming through in his field goal attempts,
Corey when we needed him, doing a great job playing
that field position game.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
Yeah, I thought the guys did a great job.
Speaker 7 (02:03):
About Shador, How do you wrap up Shador's performance today?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, obviously he wins, you know, got to win. So
that's great for the young man, gets to beat Pittsburgh,
gets to beat a division rival. So uh, it's it's
they're always they're not gonna be easy, not in this division.
So proud of them for that. There's always things he
can clean up. I thought we got a little unlucky
on that first interception. We can certainly learn from the
second one, and he will. But yeah, he continued to battle.
Speaker 8 (02:27):
Okay, now, what do you think changed that? Because it
seemed like Sor was really in control and soul. You know,
he got a hit on that first in exception that wasn't.
Speaker 9 (02:32):
Really used for.
Speaker 8 (02:33):
But after that, you know, just some mistakes maybe you
would have liked to have back.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
What do you think maybe change.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't think any change. Anything changed, Daniel. I think
it's a good defense. You know, we made a few
plays early. We'll look at the ways that we can
make a few plays later.
Speaker 7 (02:46):
To how hard is it to lose Harold your top
weapon in a game like this.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
Yeah, that was unfortunate.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You know, had the four tight ends up just because
of that injury on Friday. So he's a huge part
of what we do you saw it right away when
it happened. But that was an incredible job adjusting to
that football. It was a good read by Shador and
then to get in the end zone was great. But yeah,
he was missed.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Like you can imagine, Kevin did let it reaggrevate the cab.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
It looked like Carson was fighting through something. Did you
see that too?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, he was fighting through I'll update you guys tomorrow,
but a bruise.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And then you.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
Mentioned the winning at home in your opening, but just
how special was it to win the finale.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
This year after Yeah, you know, we love playing in
front of our fans.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
We love that they stick with us, We love the
energy that they bring to this building, and we wanted
to reward them with a win versus a division Opponent's.
Speaker 7 (03:42):
Some satisfaction in preventing the Steelers from from clinching today
on your breath.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Honestly, Mary Kay, that's a division game. That's really all
you have to say. I'm aware of all those type
of things, but that's not what's important to us.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
How much was the wind a factor?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Is that why you didn't go for the one huge factor?
Didn't know that the wind was going to be it's
as significant as it was today. Thought there'd be more precipitation.
There was not, at least throughout the game so early,
just watching through pregame, thought that it would be the
best thing to take that football and then get the
win in the fourth try the long field.
Speaker 7 (04:15):
You talked about this a little bit, but what is
it about this football team that they are fighting so
hard and they show so much heart and soul and
here they are at the end.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
I mean, it's just our dna Mary kay.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Obviously, I know it's we can talk about the big
picture later, but in the meantime, small picture, a division
opponent in front of us. They love playing together, they
love playing next to you know, their brothers, and that's
just what we're about.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
Okay, thank you guys, Next quarterback shoot or Sanders have.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
A big statement.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
So how next field should to get the win against,
you know, a rival team that was trying to clinch
a playoffs fot.
Speaker 10 (04:51):
It felt good, felt good getting to win overall, and
especially the team we won against. I think it's a
bittersweet because I feel that offense, we gotta do our part.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I gotta do my part, you know a little bit more.
Speaker 10 (05:03):
We can't be happy with only ten points ten thirteen, Yeah,
thirteen points on the board, so you know, we just
got to be able to to put more points to.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Get that win though. Your first win here at home.
How cool it's that in front of the fans.
Speaker 10 (05:21):
Yeah, No, it's extremely exciting to get to win at home.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
For sure.
Speaker 10 (05:25):
I ben't need to win at home for a minute.
So that's that's what's good. That's what I'm excited for
that we brought that feeling back in this place.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You started out hot, the first two series went worked
out of the field, and then there was a lot
Do they get.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Jus team or it's just a tough fuck game.
Speaker 10 (05:46):
Throughout I'm not sure. I'm not sure honestly. Like they
got good players, they got good coaches too, So of course, whenever,
whenever we're having a lot of success, they're gonna make
it Smiths and everything. But I haven't watched the film
to be able to know, you know exactly, I know,
h it was a couple passes, you know, like for
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sure to get back down to the check down, to
get back down to there, but I just didn't do it.
So you know, it's just something to learn from.
Speaker 7 (06:18):
You just maybe address the nice job that hero old
Bannon did on the touchdown catch and then how tough
was it then to see him have to leave the
game after that.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
With the grain entry.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Yeah, I mean I kind of like we kind of
knew going into the game he was banged up, so
it wasn't really like super surprising. You know, we got
we got great players on a hungry dogs. So, uh,
Sal was able to come back in and be able
to get his feet wet.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
The conversation with that, I heard Snoop called you, uh
before the game, just you know, no.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
I call him, So.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
I think I think I think I don't know, I
got a chech the phone, but I think I had
like a miscall from him and then or text something.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
I don't know that.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Just call over like six point thirty. Call him.
Speaker 10 (07:07):
I'm like, dang, bro, why are you still up?
Speaker 9 (07:10):
He was like, Bro, I'm excited.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Bro.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
He was excited they just got to win.
Speaker 10 (07:14):
And he you know, he was definitely words of encouragement
and stuff for me. But that's just how he is. Like,
don't he not just doing that just because it gives them,
you know, a chance. Now, I think I think the
overall person he is, and the time that we spent together,
he did nothing but speak life and to me, and
I truly appreciate him for that.
Speaker 12 (07:33):
Sure, how much you guys as an offense front, who
appreciate what Andre Schids been able to do since the
early season struggles and now he's been so consistent.
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Yeah, I'll say just the relationship with Andrey for sure.
We had a conversation, you know, when he was going
through it, you know, and then since then, since then,
it had been nothing but up. So I'm very happy
that he was able to get out that hole that
he was in and that he's able to see the
other side of things.
Speaker 9 (08:01):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
I think, like that's that's the only thing I think
about whenever I look at him, whenever I see him,
I'm like, I'm just excited. I'm just happy that that
that he was able to see the other side of things.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
How impressure was that performance by the defense? Did you
gotta stop scoring for a bit? They were able to?
Speaker 10 (08:17):
Yeah, that's the That's how the Browns defense usually is.
That's how they usually are.
Speaker 12 (08:23):
Or seven weeks ago, you came into a home game
against the Baltimore Ravens and you felt that you didn't
play that well in your first opportunity. What would you
say about your maturation and your growth since then to
have this home victory against a division rival, to Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 10 (08:41):
I'll say overall, I'm able to see the field and
the game slow down, for sure. I think, Uh, the
main the main thing is is like I just like
throwing the ball. I just like throwing the ball a lot.
And you know, in some situations you can't just throw.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Your dog a bone. Sometimes you gotta.
Speaker 10 (08:59):
You gotta be able to know, like when it's calculated risk.
But like, I feel like our players are better than
their player. So I just gave my guy a chance
and just we just ain't come down with it. And
that's just how I go.
Speaker 8 (09:11):
A lot of a lot of the vets in the
locker room, we're talking about how you know, they're not
really worried about draft pick position and stuff like that,
and how really like they're focused players about you know,
especially especially Joey, he said, this is about sitting in
culture for a lot of young guys like you. In
the Wichard class, you've talked about changing the culture here.
How do you think that this win, you know, takes
a step forward and doing that.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
I think.
Speaker 10 (09:32):
I think in the building and everything, we've been pretty
consistent with what we've been doing. The only difference is
now we got the result we were supposed to get,
you know, So I don't think the difference between a
win and loss is a couple of plays. It wasn't
about how you're going about your business, how you're doing everything.
Everybody's going about they've been in the same way. Everybody's
(09:54):
extremely locked in, extremely focused on what they got to do.
But today we just got the result we was looking for.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Did you know Snoop before he was here, whether you
were in training.
Speaker 9 (10:05):
Camp not personally no So, how did.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
That connection between you two develop as quickly as it did?
Speaker 10 (10:13):
I think because I always smile and he always smiled.
I think that's what it is. And then we just
like just talk, you know, and had a conversation about
God and why he feels like he was sent here,
you know, just to give me the words of encouragement
to keep me going to understand history and understand how
things panned out for him. Also, so he always told
me be ready, and anytime I talk to him like
(10:35):
he always positive, And that's kind of like people with
the same vibe usually like get along.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
With each other. Did you watch last time?
Speaker 10 (10:43):
I was like one drive and then I went to sleep.
Ye'a'll be going to sleep early nowadays. I feel like
I'd be running out of time.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
Even though this season didn't really go the way that
you guys wanted it to, it really seems like there's
a close knit bond on his football team of brotherhood.
There's something special going out here. Can you sort of
describe what you know what that is and how you
feel about it.
Speaker 10 (11:05):
I think I think it's a group of guys that
have been through a lot of things with their self
and I think we all like banding together and being one,
you know, through any situation, through like things that we
can't control, you know. We we all agree with a
lot of things, and I think I think we're the
(11:25):
cornerstone of this for this team.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
If you could give yourself advice for that first time
you walked out of the field to where your it's
kind of like with you, yes, but if you could
set if you could give yourself a message.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Today for the first time you walked out through what
would you say?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
What?
Speaker 9 (11:38):
What what do you what did you need to know?
Speaker 10 (11:41):
I'ld say, like, I'll say, definitely know you you supposed
to be out there dominating. I think I think what
you kind of got to understand also like sending everything
like that and just watching like it's a mental thing.
So it's like dang, you start questioning a lot of things,
you know, and then and then sometimes you got uh
like me, like before the game, stuff I got, I
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have a lot of like built up anger like with
it within myself because like that that's why I gotta
play with that fire, with that different emotion within me,
you know. And I think I think when you go
out there the first time, I think it's more of
like dang, like this.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
This dude over there, like they cool.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
But then like when you actually out there, You're like,
I don't care who it is, I'm trying to dominate them,
you know. So I think it's that it's kind of
like what I do in the pocket sometimes, like whenever
people be falling and stuff. Yeah, kind of like that.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
A little one, a little unrelated to football. I saw
a pre game that so we gited you as a
big carpet.
Speaker 10 (12:43):
How was that you got it? Yeah, yeah, we got
at the house. Now, Yeah, I'm Uh, I really love gifts.
I don't think for Christmas I got much. Uh So
if anybody out there I want to send me gifts,
I'll post my po box online and just please send
(13:06):
close anything jewelry bash because all my bags got stolen
when my house got wrong, So appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Finally, defensive end Miles Garrett.
Speaker 7 (13:17):
First of all, how are days? How good does it
feel to you know, to beat the Steelers, to prevent
them from clinching, and to close out the season like
that at home?
Speaker 11 (13:26):
Yest, you know our rival, you always want to beat
them a matter of circumstances, and we line up, you know,
we want to beat those guys, and so I'm glad
to have the opportunity to do it and get the
job done.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Did you feel like it came close a couple of times.
Speaker 9 (13:40):
Into that record, for sure?
Speaker 11 (13:42):
But I mean they kind of fell in the same
line of thinking that the Packers did. You know, we'll
just throw everything at them and see if we can
we can muster effort to win without it.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
How much you do feel, Miles that you presents like
until they dated them to throw as.
Speaker 9 (14:04):
Quickly as they did quick I mean, that's them.
Speaker 11 (14:07):
But of course they're gonna throw even quicker when I'm
lined up now on that side, you know they had
a chipper there, sometimes two chippers and uh shout getting
out quick. You know, sometimes they're rolling away. They're doing
a little bit of everything, and I kind of come
to expect that. I know they didn't want me to
be the one to break it against them.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I know you talked about playing.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
Hard at the ends and all that, but what does
it say about this team to do that and week
seventeen against the team trying to get to the playoffs.
Speaker 11 (14:37):
So it's hard man shows grit. I'm proud of those
guys in there. You know it's not easy, you know,
getting up out of bed and you know, doing what
you're supposed to do, you know, taking care of business, preparing,
you know, the way you did at the beginning of
the season, knowing that the ending is in sight. But
that's how you you're measured as a as a man,
as a football player. Know what you're doing, you're backing
against the wall or or the writings against the wall.
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So you know, those those guys had had a choice,
and you know we made the choice to come out
there and get the job done.
Speaker 9 (15:05):
Get a win.
Speaker 7 (15:05):
I supposed to see Denzel just close out that game
there in the end. You guys have been together so long,
and I mean, just how good did that be? Able
to see him be able to do that.
Speaker 11 (15:16):
I mean, he's a foundational piece for a reason that
we got special. Anytimes he's on the field, he's a
game changer, he's he's a playmaker. So you know, I'm
not surprised that, you know, he was the one that
they came up with the big play to win it
for us.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Well, I was on the other side, Tyson his first
game and knew was like against these guys like three
days after you and just the way he is sort
of settled in and made I mean, I thought to night,
multiple plays you know that the winning plays to break
up pass its. Just what has he met on the
other side of that that that.
Speaker 11 (15:48):
Second memory, I mean, the second day was crucial today.
And in general, you know, they're they're trying to get
it out quick. You know, we gotta be sticky in coverage,
you know, we gotta you know, I gotta be got
them quick, and I got to use those five yards
to you know, hold them up and try at least
give them give ourselves time to get to the rush,
but if not, you know, you gotta you gotta be
there when the ball's out.
Speaker 9 (16:06):
And I mean they.
Speaker 11 (16:07):
Were, they were everywhere they were, They were making plays
across the field. I mean dB DV punched out the ball.
There were multiple no forced fumbles from the the line
behind us. So those guys were, you know, just intent
on coming out of here with a win. And that's
the kind of, you know, kind of attitude we want
for the rest of the season.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
How much do you guys also love to go out
there and lay it on the line and fight so
hard for Kevin Stefanski as as you're head coach.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
I mean, we fight for each other. I mean that's everybody.
I mean it's not that I don't think they're fighting
so hard because of me. You don't think they're fighting
too hard because the Kevin will fight because you know,
we have each other.
Speaker 9 (16:46):
This is the brotherhood.
Speaker 11 (16:47):
You know, we don't get a second chance at this,
so you want you want to make the most of it.
Every time you step on the field, and you know
what they guy next to you has put into it.
You know what what he what this means to him,
And uh, you don't want to take this for granted.
Speaker 9 (16:58):
You know, one second, Alix's Samer.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
He doesn't just to drop up about draft picks. And
I know it's finished sentiment, but that's.
Speaker 13 (17:05):
Always left for you guys.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
What what contexts do people miss when they say that
the Bronco.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
Just black with the drafted.
Speaker 11 (17:12):
No one signed to lose, No one signed up to
lose at all. So I don't, I don't care know
what the situation is with the record now singing one
of us wanna line up and and lay down to
to a a team or a man that's in front
of us. No, we we got put here in this place,
or selected whatever it was drafted to come here and win.
Has always been that way. No, but I'll be damned
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if I'm just gonna go out there and lay down
to another team just because we we want some more
draft picks.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
That's just not me.
Speaker 13 (17:42):
Happy early birthday of Miles On that last drive with
uh the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers, what were your thoughts
as he was moving the ball down the field, and
you guys are finally able to make that.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
See, it's not gonna be us. I've seen it a
thousand times with this guy. I mean, he's incredible gonna happen,
but it's not gonna be us. I just gotta make
one play and stack those one play at a time,
gets fourth down and what happens happens. But it can't
let it be us. We can't be in his his
Hall of Fame room.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Still's confidence ever, you get the.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
Record next week, absolutely, oh should not.
Speaker 11 (18:19):
Be get four more quarters, sixty more minutes, but you
want to draw it up, it'll get done.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
Seem like a couple of fars.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I mean, you were very down and it was just
like almost like you take the football. I mean on
a couple of those places away. He was, you know,
just throwing it out there the Warren or game or
something like that. I mean, is that what you're talking about?
Just the way, even more so than the usual getting
rid of.
Speaker 11 (18:44):
The ball foot Yeah, I mean to an extent, I
feel like they're they were more worried about keeping me
away from from Aaron than you know, getting to win.
And I think that's what came back to bottom. So
you know they'll have to, you know, if it out
with Baltimore next week. But I'm just proud of the
guys for fighting and getting this one. That's the main thing,
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and I'm always gonna keep it that well, even though the.
Speaker 7 (19:08):
Season didn't go the way that you guys wanted it to.
Is there something special about this team just in terms
of heart and soul and brotherhood and.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
All that kind of stuff.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
Yeah, I mean, regardless of you know, the record and.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
What's happened on the field, I'm completely proud of these
guys and how much they've grown as men, and you know,
the kind of camaraderie and no team we have.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
You know, I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Been so so happy and excited to go to work,
just you know, being alongside those guys, whether it's D line,
whether there's offense, linebackers, no, the secondary. Know, those guys
they not only made me proud, but made me I'm
proud to be a Brown. They made me proud to
do this and be here every day. So I'm happy
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to just wake up and have the opportunity to play
with them that.
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Speaker 5 (20:14):
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Speaker 1 (20:15):
Thanks for listening to the From the Podium podcast
Welcome to this week seventeen postgame victory edition of the
From the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Kolera. The Browns took
down the Pittsburgh Steelers in Huntington bank Field on Sunday
by a final score of thirteen to six. On this episode,
you'll hear from head coach Kevin Stefanski, quarterback Shade or Sanders,
and defensive end Miles Garrett. Up first, here's your head
coach Kevin Stefanski with his thoughts on the win.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I mean they have to play and empty the entire
game and chip both sizes or two eligibles you know
that aren't getting out in the route immediately, So it
affects how teams play.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Us coming you talked about the way this the effort
and the way these guys are playing. You know, the
way this season has gone, it would have been easy
for a lot of people would seem.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
To kind of pack things up. What is it about
this group that they don't seem.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
To Yeah, I just I know this group too well.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I know how important this game is to them, how
important it is to me.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
We only know one way.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
What can you say about Denzelder at the end, Sure,
Rogers targeted all game and then yeah, he played really well.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
You know, he's a great player. Great to have him
back out there. You know, that's a lot of time
there for a Hall of Famer. So we knew they
were gonna make their plays, but our guys made one
more than they did.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
What can you say, just in general about this defensive
effort to hold them down and hold Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Down the way they did outstanding, outstanding, and.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
A bunch of individual efforts, obviously Miles getting all the
attention he got. I thought Tyson was outstanding. I thought
Carson battled and fought like he always does and ends
up tackling the guy to the ground. You know, just
a bunch of individual efforts and just that was what
was required today.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Talk about individual efforts. The special things have been sort
of aligned all season.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
But when you needed the field clip, how big was
that punt that.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Corey got off?
Speaker 5 (01:52):
That was that was that was huge?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
You know, Drake coming through in his field goal attempts,
Corey when we needed him, doing a great job playing
that field position game.
Speaker 5 (02:01):
Yeah, I thought the guys did a great job.
Speaker 7 (02:03):
About Shador, How do you wrap up Shador's performance today?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, obviously he wins, you know, got to win. So
that's great for the young man, gets to beat Pittsburgh,
gets to beat a division rival. So uh, it's it's
they're always they're not gonna be easy, not in this division.
So proud of them for that. There's always things he
can clean up. I thought we got a little unlucky
on that first interception. We can certainly learn from the
second one, and he will. But yeah, he continued to battle.
Speaker 8 (02:27):
Okay, now, what do you think changed that? Because it
seemed like Sor was really in control and soul. You know,
he got a hit on that first in exception that wasn't.
Speaker 9 (02:32):
Really used for.
Speaker 8 (02:33):
But after that, you know, just some mistakes maybe you
would have liked to have back.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
What do you think maybe change.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I don't think any change. Anything changed, Daniel. I think
it's a good defense. You know, we made a few
plays early. We'll look at the ways that we can
make a few plays later.
Speaker 7 (02:46):
To how hard is it to lose Harold your top
weapon in a game like this.
Speaker 5 (02:51):
Yeah, that was unfortunate.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You know, had the four tight ends up just because
of that injury on Friday. So he's a huge part
of what we do you saw it right away when
it happened. But that was an incredible job adjusting to
that football. It was a good read by Shador and
then to get in the end zone was great. But yeah,
he was missed.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Like you can imagine, Kevin did let it reaggrevate the cab.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
It looked like Carson was fighting through something. Did you
see that too?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, he was fighting through I'll update you guys tomorrow,
but a bruise.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
And then you.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
Mentioned the winning at home in your opening, but just
how special was it to win the finale.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
This year after Yeah, you know, we love playing in
front of our fans.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
We love that they stick with us, We love the
energy that they bring to this building, and we wanted
to reward them with a win versus a division Opponent's.
Speaker 7 (03:42):
Some satisfaction in preventing the Steelers from from clinching today
on your breath.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Honestly, Mary Kay, that's a division game. That's really all
you have to say. I'm aware of all those type
of things, but that's not what's important to us.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
How much was the wind a factor?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Is that why you didn't go for the one huge factor?
Didn't know that the wind was going to be it's
as significant as it was today. Thought there'd be more precipitation.
There was not, at least throughout the game so early,
just watching through pregame, thought that it would be the
best thing to take that football and then get the
win in the fourth try the long field.
Speaker 7 (04:15):
You talked about this a little bit, but what is
it about this football team that they are fighting so
hard and they show so much heart and soul and
here they are at the end.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
I mean, it's just our dna Mary kay.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Obviously, I know it's we can talk about the big
picture later, but in the meantime, small picture, a division
opponent in front of us. They love playing together, they
love playing next to you know, their brothers, and that's
just what we're about.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
Okay, thank you guys, Next quarterback shoot or Sanders have.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
A big statement.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
So how next field should to get the win against,
you know, a rival team that was trying to clinch
a playoffs fot.
Speaker 10 (04:51):
It felt good, felt good getting to win overall, and
especially the team we won against. I think it's a
bittersweet because I feel that offense, we gotta do our part.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I gotta do my part, you know a little bit more.
Speaker 10 (05:03):
We can't be happy with only ten points ten thirteen, Yeah,
thirteen points on the board, so you know, we just
got to be able to to put more points to.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Get that win though. Your first win here at home.
How cool it's that in front of the fans.
Speaker 10 (05:21):
Yeah, No, it's extremely exciting to get to win at home.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
For sure.
Speaker 10 (05:25):
I ben't need to win at home for a minute.
So that's that's what's good. That's what I'm excited for
that we brought that feeling back in this place.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
You started out hot, the first two series went worked
out of the field, and then there was a lot
Do they get.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Jus team or it's just a tough fuck game.
Speaker 10 (05:46):
Throughout I'm not sure. I'm not sure honestly. Like they
got good players, they got good coaches too, So of course, whenever,
whenever we're having a lot of success, they're gonna make
it Smiths and everything. But I haven't watched the film
to be able to know, you know exactly, I know,
h it was a couple passes, you know, like for
(06:08):
sure to get back down to the check down, to
get back down to there, but I just didn't do it.
So you know, it's just something to learn from.
Speaker 7 (06:18):
You just maybe address the nice job that hero old
Bannon did on the touchdown catch and then how tough
was it then to see him have to leave the
game after that.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
With the grain entry.
Speaker 10 (06:28):
Yeah, I mean I kind of like we kind of
knew going into the game he was banged up, so
it wasn't really like super surprising. You know, we got
we got great players on a hungry dogs. So, uh,
Sal was able to come back in and be able
to get his feet wet.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
The conversation with that, I heard Snoop called you, uh
before the game, just you know, no.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
I call him, So.
Speaker 10 (06:56):
I think I think I think I don't know, I
got a chech the phone, but I think I had
like a miscall from him and then or text something.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
I don't know that.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
Just call over like six point thirty. Call him.
Speaker 10 (07:07):
I'm like, dang, bro, why are you still up?
Speaker 9 (07:10):
He was like, Bro, I'm excited.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Bro.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
He was excited they just got to win.
Speaker 10 (07:14):
And he you know, he was definitely words of encouragement
and stuff for me. But that's just how he is. Like,
don't he not just doing that just because it gives them,
you know, a chance. Now, I think I think the
overall person he is, and the time that we spent together,
he did nothing but speak life and to me, and
I truly appreciate him for that.
Speaker 12 (07:33):
Sure, how much you guys as an offense front, who
appreciate what Andre Schids been able to do since the
early season struggles and now he's been so consistent.
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Yeah, I'll say just the relationship with Andrey for sure.
We had a conversation, you know, when he was going
through it, you know, and then since then, since then,
it had been nothing but up. So I'm very happy
that he was able to get out that hole that
he was in and that he's able to see the
other side of things.
Speaker 9 (08:01):
Uh.
Speaker 10 (08:02):
I think, like that's that's the only thing I think
about whenever I look at him, whenever I see him,
I'm like, I'm just excited. I'm just happy that that
that he was able to see the other side of things.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
How impressure was that performance by the defense? Did you
gotta stop scoring for a bit? They were able to?
Speaker 10 (08:17):
Yeah, that's the That's how the Browns defense usually is.
That's how they usually are.
Speaker 12 (08:23):
Or seven weeks ago, you came into a home game
against the Baltimore Ravens and you felt that you didn't
play that well in your first opportunity. What would you
say about your maturation and your growth since then to
have this home victory against a division rival, to Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 10 (08:41):
I'll say overall, I'm able to see the field and
the game slow down, for sure. I think, Uh, the
main the main thing is is like I just like
throwing the ball. I just like throwing the ball a lot.
And you know, in some situations you can't just throw.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Your dog a bone. Sometimes you gotta.
Speaker 10 (08:59):
You gotta be able to know, like when it's calculated risk.
But like, I feel like our players are better than
their player. So I just gave my guy a chance
and just we just ain't come down with it. And
that's just how I go.
Speaker 8 (09:11):
A lot of a lot of the vets in the
locker room, we're talking about how you know, they're not
really worried about draft pick position and stuff like that,
and how really like they're focused players about you know,
especially especially Joey, he said, this is about sitting in
culture for a lot of young guys like you. In
the Wichard class, you've talked about changing the culture here.
How do you think that this win, you know, takes
a step forward and doing that.
Speaker 4 (09:31):
I think.
Speaker 10 (09:32):
I think in the building and everything, we've been pretty
consistent with what we've been doing. The only difference is
now we got the result we were supposed to get,
you know, So I don't think the difference between a
win and loss is a couple of plays. It wasn't
about how you're going about your business, how you're doing everything.
Everybody's going about they've been in the same way. Everybody's
(09:54):
extremely locked in, extremely focused on what they got to do.
But today we just got the result we was looking for.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
Did you know Snoop before he was here, whether you
were in training.
Speaker 9 (10:05):
Camp not personally no So, how did.
Speaker 4 (10:08):
That connection between you two develop as quickly as it did?
Speaker 10 (10:13):
I think because I always smile and he always smiled.
I think that's what it is. And then we just
like just talk, you know, and had a conversation about
God and why he feels like he was sent here,
you know, just to give me the words of encouragement
to keep me going to understand history and understand how
things panned out for him. Also, so he always told
me be ready, and anytime I talk to him like
(10:35):
he always positive, And that's kind of like people with
the same vibe usually like get along.
Speaker 4 (10:40):
With each other. Did you watch last time?
Speaker 10 (10:43):
I was like one drive and then I went to sleep.
Ye'a'll be going to sleep early nowadays. I feel like
I'd be running out of time.
Speaker 7 (10:51):
Even though this season didn't really go the way that
you guys wanted it to, it really seems like there's
a close knit bond on his football team of brotherhood.
There's something special going out here. Can you sort of
describe what you know what that is and how you
feel about it.
Speaker 10 (11:05):
I think I think it's a group of guys that
have been through a lot of things with their self
and I think we all like banding together and being one,
you know, through any situation, through like things that we
can't control, you know. We we all agree with a
lot of things, and I think I think we're the
(11:25):
cornerstone of this for this team.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
If you could give yourself advice for that first time
you walked out of the field to where your it's
kind of like with you, yes, but if you could
set if you could give yourself a message.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
Today for the first time you walked out through what
would you say?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
What?
Speaker 9 (11:38):
What what do you what did you need to know?
Speaker 10 (11:41):
I'ld say, like, I'll say, definitely know you you supposed
to be out there dominating. I think I think what
you kind of got to understand also like sending everything
like that and just watching like it's a mental thing.
So it's like dang, you start questioning a lot of things,
you know, and then and then sometimes you got uh
like me, like before the game, stuff I got, I
(12:02):
have a lot of like built up anger like with
it within myself because like that that's why I gotta
play with that fire, with that different emotion within me,
you know. And I think I think when you go
out there the first time, I think it's more of
like dang, like this.
Speaker 9 (12:22):
This dude over there, like they cool.
Speaker 10 (12:24):
But then like when you actually out there, You're like,
I don't care who it is, I'm trying to dominate them,
you know. So I think it's that it's kind of
like what I do in the pocket sometimes, like whenever
people be falling and stuff. Yeah, kind of like that.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
A little one, a little unrelated to football. I saw
a pre game that so we gited you as a
big carpet.
Speaker 10 (12:43):
How was that you got it? Yeah, yeah, we got
at the house. Now, Yeah, I'm Uh, I really love gifts.
I don't think for Christmas I got much. Uh So
if anybody out there I want to send me gifts,
I'll post my po box online and just please send
(13:06):
close anything jewelry bash because all my bags got stolen
when my house got wrong, So appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Finally, defensive end Miles Garrett.
Speaker 7 (13:17):
First of all, how are days? How good does it
feel to you know, to beat the Steelers, to prevent
them from clinching, and to close out the season like
that at home?
Speaker 11 (13:26):
Yest, you know our rival, you always want to beat
them a matter of circumstances, and we line up, you know,
we want to beat those guys, and so I'm glad
to have the opportunity to do it and get the
job done.
Speaker 4 (13:38):
Did you feel like it came close a couple of times.
Speaker 9 (13:40):
Into that record, for sure?
Speaker 11 (13:42):
But I mean they kind of fell in the same
line of thinking that the Packers did. You know, we'll
just throw everything at them and see if we can
we can muster effort to win without it.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
How much you do feel, Miles that you presents like
until they dated them to throw as.
Speaker 9 (14:04):
Quickly as they did quick I mean, that's them.
Speaker 11 (14:07):
But of course they're gonna throw even quicker when I'm
lined up now on that side, you know they had
a chipper there, sometimes two chippers and uh shout getting
out quick. You know, sometimes they're rolling away. They're doing
a little bit of everything, and I kind of come
to expect that. I know they didn't want me to
be the one to break it against them.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I know you talked about playing.
Speaker 6 (14:29):
Hard at the ends and all that, but what does
it say about this team to do that and week
seventeen against the team trying to get to the playoffs.
Speaker 11 (14:37):
So it's hard man shows grit. I'm proud of those
guys in there. You know it's not easy, you know,
getting up out of bed and you know, doing what
you're supposed to do, you know, taking care of business, preparing,
you know, the way you did at the beginning of
the season, knowing that the ending is in sight. But
that's how you you're measured as a as a man,
as a football player. Know what you're doing, you're backing
against the wall or or the writings against the wall.
(14:59):
So you know, those those guys had had a choice,
and you know we made the choice to come out
there and get the job done.
Speaker 9 (15:05):
Get a win.
Speaker 7 (15:05):
I supposed to see Denzel just close out that game
there in the end. You guys have been together so long,
and I mean, just how good did that be? Able
to see him be able to do that.
Speaker 11 (15:16):
I mean, he's a foundational piece for a reason that
we got special. Anytimes he's on the field, he's a
game changer, he's he's a playmaker. So you know, I'm
not surprised that, you know, he was the one that
they came up with the big play to win it
for us.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Well, I was on the other side, Tyson his first
game and knew was like against these guys like three
days after you and just the way he is sort
of settled in and made I mean, I thought to night,
multiple plays you know that the winning plays to break
up pass its. Just what has he met on the
other side of that that that.
Speaker 11 (15:48):
Second memory, I mean, the second day was crucial today.
And in general, you know, they're they're trying to get
it out quick. You know, we gotta be sticky in coverage,
you know, we gotta you know, I gotta be got
them quick, and I got to use those five yards
to you know, hold them up and try at least
give them give ourselves time to get to the rush,
but if not, you know, you gotta you gotta be
there when the ball's out.
Speaker 9 (16:06):
And I mean they.
Speaker 11 (16:07):
Were, they were everywhere they were, They were making plays
across the field. I mean dB DV punched out the ball.
There were multiple no forced fumbles from the the line
behind us. So those guys were, you know, just intent
on coming out of here with a win. And that's
the kind of, you know, kind of attitude we want
for the rest of the season.
Speaker 7 (16:26):
How much do you guys also love to go out
there and lay it on the line and fight so
hard for Kevin Stefanski as as you're head coach.
Speaker 11 (16:36):
I mean, we fight for each other. I mean that's everybody.
I mean it's not that I don't think they're fighting
so hard because of me. You don't think they're fighting
too hard because the Kevin will fight because you know,
we have each other.
Speaker 9 (16:46):
This is the brotherhood.
Speaker 11 (16:47):
You know, we don't get a second chance at this,
so you want you want to make the most of it.
Every time you step on the field, and you know
what they guy next to you has put into it.
You know what what he what this means to him,
And uh, you don't want to take this for granted.
Speaker 9 (16:58):
You know, one second, Alix's Samer.
Speaker 4 (17:01):
He doesn't just to drop up about draft picks. And
I know it's finished sentiment, but that's.
Speaker 13 (17:05):
Always left for you guys.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
What what contexts do people miss when they say that
the Bronco.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
Just black with the drafted.
Speaker 11 (17:12):
No one signed to lose, No one signed up to
lose at all. So I don't, I don't care know
what the situation is with the record now singing one
of us wanna line up and and lay down to
to a a team or a man that's in front
of us. No, we we got put here in this place,
or selected whatever it was drafted to come here and win.
Has always been that way. No, but I'll be damned
(17:35):
if I'm just gonna go out there and lay down
to another team just because we we want some more
draft picks.
Speaker 9 (17:40):
That's just not me.
Speaker 13 (17:42):
Happy early birthday of Miles On that last drive with
uh the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers, what were your thoughts
as he was moving the ball down the field, and
you guys are finally able to make that.
Speaker 11 (17:52):
See, it's not gonna be us. I've seen it a
thousand times with this guy. I mean, he's incredible gonna happen,
but it's not gonna be us. I just gotta make
one play and stack those one play at a time,
gets fourth down and what happens happens. But it can't
let it be us. We can't be in his his
Hall of Fame room.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Still's confidence ever, you get the.
Speaker 9 (18:16):
Record next week, absolutely, oh should not.
Speaker 11 (18:19):
Be get four more quarters, sixty more minutes, but you
want to draw it up, it'll get done.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
Seem like a couple of fars.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
I mean, you were very down and it was just
like almost like you take the football. I mean on
a couple of those places away. He was, you know,
just throwing it out there the Warren or game or
something like that. I mean, is that what you're talking about?
Just the way, even more so than the usual getting
rid of.
Speaker 11 (18:44):
The ball foot Yeah, I mean to an extent, I
feel like they're they were more worried about keeping me
away from from Aaron than you know, getting to win.
And I think that's what came back to bottom. So
you know they'll have to, you know, if it out
with Baltimore next week. But I'm just proud of the
guys for fighting and getting this one. That's the main thing,
(19:05):
and I'm always gonna keep it that well, even though the.
Speaker 7 (19:08):
Season didn't go the way that you guys wanted it to.
Is there something special about this team just in terms
of heart and soul and brotherhood and.
Speaker 4 (19:14):
All that kind of stuff.
Speaker 9 (19:16):
Yeah, I mean, regardless of you know, the record and.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
What's happened on the field, I'm completely proud of these
guys and how much they've grown as men, and you know,
the kind of camaraderie and no team we have.
Speaker 9 (19:33):
You know, I don't think I've ever.
Speaker 11 (19:36):
Been so so happy and excited to go to work,
just you know, being alongside those guys, whether it's D line,
whether there's offense, linebackers, no, the secondary. Know, those guys
they not only made me proud, but made me I'm
proud to be a Brown. They made me proud to
do this and be here every day. So I'm happy
(19:58):
to just wake up and have the opportunity to play
with them that.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
I'll do it for this episode of the From the
Podium podcast. Be sure to like and subscribe to the
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Speaker 5 (20:14):
I'm Gabe Koleura.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
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