Stefanski's Thor moment, but in a bad way

There's a trope in superhero movies ((Sorry, there seems to be a theme here lately of nerdy stuff bleeding through.)) where the superhero gets some fancy stuff early on in the movie, loses it by some manner, then has to defeat the BBEG ((Big Bad Evil Guy, if you're not fluent with your TTRPG slang. Oops more nerdy stuff, sorry.)) with his wits and resources and getting back to themselves after they've lost their weapon/armor/powers. Most of the MCU movies had it in their Phase One stories: Iron Man defeated Obadiah Stane ((Jeff Bridges gives one of my most quoted lines in this movie.)) with one of his early edition suits without all the bells and whistles. Thor lost Mjolnir and the powers it gave him and had to take on The Destroyer without, earning back the mantle of Thor. Even your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man lost his Tony Stark suit in Homecoming because he was irresponsible and had to take down Vulture with his hand-sewn outfit. There's an element of this happening in Cleveland with the Browns this year.To me, the most one-to-one comparison would be the Thor one. Thor tried to do too much in wiping out the Frost Giants of Jotunheim by himself (accompanied by Loki, Lady Sif, and the Band of Three) and needed Odin to come racing to his rescue. If he had simply stayed in his lane as King of Asgard, he would have been fine, but he wanted to finish what his father had started and wipe out Jotunheim. Odin stripped him of his powers, sent him to Midgard (Earth) and made him learn lessons on humility and the connectivity between all of us. ((Yggdrasill...*wipes tear away having watched Loki S2*))Head coach Kevin Stefanksi is as handsome as Chris Hemsworth but he's also without Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson, and Denzel Ward, and is forced to start street-free agent Joe Flacco in Week 13 against the Los Angeles Rams. He is as backed into a corner as they come, yet with 6:51 left in the game on Sunday, the Browns were only down a point and had the ball. A long methodical drive down the field with a field goal from uber-kicker Dustin Hopkins is the recipe for success in this spot. It's what Cleveland is born and bound to do. It's as narratively "Cleveland" as it could be, and something they had already done this season in a win against Baltimore in Baltimore. Yet on first down, the play call was a 45-yard bomb to Elijah Moore, who granted was wide open, that was picked off by former Brown John Johnson.It was as much a hubris moment as we've seen from Stefanski, a trick play when all you needed was a run. It was a play call so boneheaded that I am here writing about it, but it's only because it's been following a trend of Stefanski being too cute for the common good. In last week's loss to Denver, again, another winnable game despite being forced to used PJ Walker once Dorian Thompson-Robinson was knocked out with a concussion, Stefanski called a double end around with third-string running back Pierre Strong, and the ball was knocked loose at Cleveland's 20. The game was 17-12 Denver but it was the first play of the fourth quarter. It was a flourish of spectacular when all that was needed was the simple.I am a Stefanski believer, as he's turned a quarterback position that, if it were described as being made up of flotsam and jetsam would be an insult to flotsam and jetsam, into a playoff-contending team with seven wins on the season. His fatal flaw is trying to be too cute with his weapons and show off when it's desperately needed that he keep the faith, stay on target, and do the simple things. Stop trying to conquer worlds when all you need to do is lead. You lost your Mjolnir in Nick Chubb, now try to learn the lesson you're being taught.