I can see a very conservative bal control offense. Alot of targets
To the TEs. But here's the catch. That puts so pressure on the defense
To be rock solid. Cause this offense isn't built to win shootouts
Or come from behind 2 TDs down. Was listening to Stefanski radio row
Tour this AM. He is calling plays yet again . That's a issue.
This is league driven by offense and explosive WRs and Andrew Berry
And Stefanski are thinking it's 1985 again
What have the Browns achieved under Stefanski running the offense
Since he's been here ??
The Browns have very little room error this year .
The defense is worrisome . Losing JOK is huge . There is no one
On the roster that can replace his skillset.
And the Browns will get exposed at the second level .
This defense gave up explosive plays last year game after game.
If the offense cant sustain 14 play drives the defense will on tired
Legs by the 4th quarter .
I Just don't see any facets of this roster that makes me it
Think it's better than the other team. When you look at the AFC
North who can the Browns beat,? Pittsburgh maybe. But even their defense
Can keep them in games .
Right now I'm going with 3 wins . Stefanski has shown he is only as good as his
Roster allows him to be.
First, you make it very difficult to answer a post without any structure at all, but here goes...I'm combining and jumping a little, but it was easier than writing two posts.
Ball control offense does not put pressure on a defense, when done correctly it keeps the defense off the field and they organically become a better unit by giving the opposition less opportunities with the ball. 3 and outs are what puts pressure on defenses. Ball control doesn't equal 3 and outs.
JOK was a huge loss, there is now way around it, but they addressed the position with another player capable in what JOK did in Schwesinger AND also added Jerome Baker to the room. These are two additions that will improve the defense, even with a loss of JOK.
Explosive plays were why they added the two LBers that they did. They both specialize in finding the ball and cutting off lanes.
While the offense does need to sustain drives, they don't all have to be 14 play drives, scoring drives will relieve pressure by changing the oppositions game plan. It all goes together, but you seem to think 15 things need to happen over 1 offseason for there to be improvement, reality is more like 3-4 things need to improve and more will also improve because of them. To echo someone else above, I don't believe this is going to become an offensive juggernaut, but it doens't have to. It only needs to not be one of the worst 3 and out teams in the league to show big improvements.
The Baltimore Ravens has one of the best offenses in the NFL, they do not have either explosive WRs or a passing game that needs to be on display 17 games a year to control the game.
The Browns are 14-16 in the division since Stefanski took over... No one is running over us in the division anymore. It's no stretches of wins that killed us last year, hell we won 3 games and 2 of them were in the division.
Stefanski offense with him calling plays:
2023 16th
2022 13th
2021 18th
2020 16th
Obviously we aren't naming him offensive coach of the half decade, but...
Without him calling plays:
2024 28th
I love guys that predict a win total... There are millions of factors that go into a football season, this is the NFL. It is rare for a team to lose 3 games... the Browns are not bad enough of a team to do it two years in a row. Not that I think 2024 was a fluke and they should have won 12 games, but they had a lot go wrong that can be easy fixes in 2025. I don't think they are a playoff team, but I certainly think we will improve in the win column over last year.
