Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski sidestepped questions about his future with the team or any input he’s had from ownership Monday, the final week of Stefanski’s sixth season on the job.

Asked by reporters if he’s been in communication with team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam about what might happen following Sunday’s season finale in Cincinnati, Stefanski said he “never will get into those types of discussions. All I care about is finding a way to go 1-0 vs. the Bengals.”

The Browns improved to 4-12 with their Week 17 victory over Pittsburgh, Cleveland’s first division win of the season. The Browns went 3-14 last year after both Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry had signed long-term contract extensions.

Stefanski also didn’t directly answer a reporter who asked Stefanski if he wants to continue as Cleveland’s head coach.

“My sole focus is on this game versus Cincinnati,” Stefanski said. “But I also would tell you I’m privileged to have this job.”

Stefanski is a two-time NFL Coach of the Year. He won the award in 2020, his first season on the job, after the Browns qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2002. He won it again in 2023, after the Browns went 11-6 despite using five different starting quarterbacks during the regular season.

But the quarterback carousel has continued, and it’s continually been a mess. This marks the third-straight year that the Browns have used at least three different starting quarterbacks. Quarterback Deshaun Watson has missed the entire 2025 season while recovering from two surgeries to repair torn Achilles tendons, and Watson remains under contract for next season at a current salary-cap number above $80 million. Watson has only made 19 starts since the Browns gave up three first-round picks to acquire him in March 2022.

The quarterback of the moment is rookie Shedeur Sanders, who’s started the last six games and got his second win on Sunday. The only touchdown of the game came on a 28-yard pass from Sanders to Harold Fannin Jr. in the first quarter.

The Cleveland defense has been strong all season but has been let down by an offense that’s 31st in the NFL in scoring and 30th in yards per game. The Browns battled Buffalo to the final minute in Week 16 before falling to the Bills, then the defense carried the day in an upset of the Steelers.

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has 22 sacks on the season and will try to break the NFL’s single-season record of 22.5 in Cincinnati this weekend. We’ll see if the Browns as a whole can produce another strong effort before the Haslams finalize any decisions on the futures of Stefanski and Berry.

“We just keep the focus on what’s in front of us,” Stefanski said. “I appreciate this group of players. Like, I’ve told you guys, they’ve done everything I’ve asked them to do going back to the spring. I know what the results are, but I also know how these guys have worked. And that’s just what we’re about. We’re about putting in the work and then going and compete like crazy on Sundays.”