4 ways the Cleveland Browns offense can improve in 2022

No. 2: Use the quarterback’s legs

This offseason, Andrew Berry completely changed the makeup of the quarterback room. With Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum now playing elsewhere, the Browns added Deshaun Watson, Jacoby Brissett, and Josh Dobbs.

While all three have different strengths and weaknesses, they do all have one thing in common — they’re mobile. What Kevin Stefanski and Alex Van Pelt need to do is use this to their advantage. The good news is that Stefanski already has shown he’s willing to do this.

Throughout his first two seasons as Cleveland’s head coach, Stefanski often rolled Mayfield out on a play-action pass. Oftentimes, the most explosive plays they had came on these rollouts — but the real problem was when Mayfield wouldn’t take the check-down but instead tried to force things.

With these new quarterbacks, that shouldn’t be a problem. While Dobbs has a limited sample size, both Watson and Brissett have played enough to see their tendencies. Watson has shown he will take what the defense gives — and is able to play a cerebral game.

Brissett is also willing to throw it in the flat to his playmakers, something he did often with Nyheim Hines while they played together with the Indianapolis Colts.

Getting the quarterback on the move will give them a play here and there where they only have to read the field, and it will also force the defense to respect them as a threat to take off and run with it.