Why The Browns Made Changes To Offensive Staff. The Cleveland Browns moved on from three offensive assistants on Wednesday.
It may be a surprise to some, but there were lingering problems on offense that suggest changes were necessary.
It was borderline miraculous for the Cleveland Browns to win 11 games with the amount of injuries the team endured this season, but head coach Kevin Stefanski determined it was time to make changes on his offensive staff as the team looks ahead to 2024.
The harrowing circumstances helped to illuminate some of the problems the team had on the offensive side of the ball and gives the Browns a chance to find the best coaches to teach the offense this team intends to run moving forward.
This isnand#039;t a time to spike the football, celebrating the exit of assistant coaches. Offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt, running backs coach Stump Mitchell and tight ends coach T.C. McCartney provided value to the organization over the past four years. helping them to get to the postseason twice and the teamand#039;s first playoff victory since 1994. Even as the team hopes to improve, men who helped pave the way here lost their jobs.
Thatand#039;s an unfortunate aspect of this business. And as the Browns continue towards becoming a consistent organization, this is how it could go.They lose people because they are hired by other organizations, like last year when the Arizona Cardinals hired Drew Petzing and Israel Woolfolk. Petzingus became the offensive coordinator and Woolfolk became the running backs coach.Similarly, the team replaces employees who, in their opinion, no longer fit into the ranks of the team or who are performing poorly. It’s no different for gamers.
That and other coaches could leave this offseason.Most of the attention will undoubtedly be on quarterback Deshaun Watson. And yes, the Browns want to put their franchise quarterback in the best position to succeed.
As they should. But there is no need to get into conspiracies about who was the driving force behind these movements. Itandi Stefanski and Stefanski’s staff and Stefanski’s speech. The problems on offense run deeper than one quarterback.
The Browns had five different quarterback see playing time this past season and the issues that need to be addressed were present with all of them.The running game was a mess the moment Nick Chubb went down for the season, well before Geron Christian and James Hudson III were forced into the lineup. The Browns didnand#039;t seem to know where to go.
Running concepts like outside zone with Dawand Jones and a struggling Jedrick Wills was bewildering. While the look may have made sense, it felt like they were asking players to complete tasks they couldn’t do.
During the year, the team found concepts that they could use. Trap was a good example. The Browns were able to extend Kareem Hunt for some nice runs late in the year with quick catch-type runs that were executed nicely.
Overall, the number of negative or nothing players became too high during the year.Jags had 3 of their runs with 1 yard or less (highest percentage of runs that went 1 yard or less)
Browns need find the right concepts that suit his personnel, and offensive line and backfield, just like Watson. They must effectively connect their running concept with the action game and overall passing game. Much of this is due to modernization, going in the direction that causes the most problems for the current defense.
Brown’s offense wasn’t necessarily out of date, but they didn’t want to wait for it to get going.
It proved to be effective, but this year showed how dependent the team was on Nick Chubb. And while Chubb may return, this is an opportunity to not only look for the best ways to maximize him, but to prepare for life without him.Meanwhile, the Browns also used some pre-snap motion this year.
In fact, according to ESPN Stats and Data, they ranked 31st among teams in use of motion.Final Business Report of the 2023 Season!In 2017, NFL teams started the man with the snap an average of 4% of the time.
The Houston Texans had the Browns in fits trying to deal with their pre-snap movement. It was a consistent issue all season.
It not only helps the quarterback to reveal the coverage the opponent is playing, but can help create advantages to create yardage.
Namely, numbers, angles and grass.Too much motion can cause some problems for the offensive protection. That may help to explain why the Browns held back in an attempt to protect their tackles, but it needs to become a much bigger part of their offense for next season.
Still, this represents an opportunity for the Browns to come up with more ways to give opposing defenses fits.Perhaps the biggest piece that some might be missing is the landscape of the AFC North, which saw all four teams finish over .500 this past season.
The Baltimore Ravens have the best set of coordinators in the division between Todd Monken and Mike MacDonald.
As someone who picked the Ravens to finish in last this year, expecting the offense to take a while to get sorted out and the defense appearing to be in bad shape at both corner and edge, I have to eat it.
They deserve a lot of credit for what they’ve been able to do, which is why they’re the AFC favorite to win the Super Bowl.The Ravens offense wasn’t bad under previous offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Their head coach, John Harbaugh, made the necessary offensive decision.
