For a second consecutive week Kevin Stefanski was left answering questions about his own pivotal decisions costing the Cleveland Browns a win. This time it was two late-game, two-point conversation attempts that wound up telling the story of a 31-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Down 14 with 6:21 to go in the game, Shedeur Sa ders marched the Browns 66 yards on five plays, scrambling for a touchdown that would cut Tennessee's lead to a single possession. 

Stefanski opted to go for two, something that is common practice around the league when a team is on the comeback trail, down 14 late in the game. But Sanders fumbled the snap and Cleveland was left still facing an eight-point deficit. 

Stefanski explained the move afterwards. 

"It’s something that we’ve done in the past," he said. "I know you see it around the league, the idea being you get the two, you know what you’re doing at the at the next one, but something we’ve done before.”

Like most things the Browns attempt in those critical game scenarios, it's also something they prep for pretty regularly. It simply didn't work. 

"It’s a scenario that we talked about a lot," he added. "That’s something that when you’re down 14, feel good about the decision there – didn’t come through."

What made that first decision look worse was what came next, however, because Cleveland got the ball back, and Sanders once again delivered a remarkable touchdown drive, hitting fellow rookie Harold Fannin Jr. for the score with about 1:09 to play to set up a second two-point attempt. 

This time, Stefanski dug into the bag of tricks on the two-point attempt, pulling Sanders off fhe field to utilize the wildcat formation that has been so effective for them this season. Quinshon Judkins got the snap, swept to his right and seemingly had the option to pitch the ball to WR Gage Larvadain, but didn't. He then tried to salvage the play by throwing the ball to Larvadain all the way across the field. The ball fell incomplete. 

No one was willing to provide much context on what was supposed to happen on the play. Still, Stefanski's decisions, especially the one to take Sanders off the field after leading an improbable comeback, loomed large. 

"Not going to get into all the specifics, but obviously did not go as we thought it would," he said.

"Didn’t come through on our first two-point play, got to the second two-point play, we didn’t come through. But that’s on me.”

Asked to clarify if the play calls themselves were his call or offensive coordinator Tommy Rees', Stefanski fell on the sword, as any good head coach would for their staff. 

Ultimately, the decisions were in line with what is considered standard operating procedure around the NFL. The analytics of these situations aren't always easy for people to wrap their heads around, and certainly spark plenty of debate. 

More than anything it's the fact that the plays were poorly executed, and the fact that Sanders, in the midst of a career day, wasn't on the field for one of them that will sting the most for Stefanski, with his team now 3-10 on the season and officially eliminated from the playoffs.