Kevin Stefasnki wants his players to take punches, not throw them

There are many lessons to be learned in the preseason. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wants his players to learn an important one.

Take a punch. Don’t throw a punch.

Meeting with reporters on Monday, Stefanski explained the strategic value to letting an opponent get his swings in. He gets kicked out of the game. The player who gets punched does not.

“ We never, ever, ever, ever, ever want to throw a punch ,” Stefanski said. “It gets you thrown out immediately. I saw the whole thing happen. They were locked up. Their player got off, I think, three punches before Rayshawn [Jenkins] threw a punch. And that’s a great opportunity for them to lose their guy, we keep our guy. It’s our advantage. We negated that advantage by retaliating. So that was not a smart play by a smart football player