Eric Krusinski

Offensive Gameplan Review, Jaguars at Browns 2023

April 27, 2024
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Instructions

Pick a team (either college or professional) and watch one of their games through NFL Game Rewind.  As you watch, make note of their offensive personnel packages and offensive tendencies (for example: 66% of the time they have 12 personnel, they run the ball).  Make sure to also include what hash of the field they are on as they run their plays.  At a minimum 20 plays to give you a good sample size.  Numbers can be approximate.

Discussion Post Response:  Week 14 2023 Jaguars at Browns

I decided to review the Cleveland Browns in their 2023 Week 14 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.  The Browns won 31-27.  They had a lot of injuries at the time, so their stars on offense for the game consisted of Joe Flacco, Kareem Hunt, Jerome Ford, Amari Cooper, David Njoku, and Elijah Moore.  I’ll also give a shout-out to David Bell, who caught a touchdown in this one.  Here are my notes on the Browns offense in this game.

  • The Browns completed a total of 65 plays, including 39 pass plays (60%) and 26 rush plays (40%).
  • In the first half, the Browns passed the ball 71% of the time, and in the second half, they passed the ball 51% of the time.    They were ahead the entire game, so it makes sense that they ran the ball more in the second half (to use up more clock).
  • The Browns use 11 personnel most in the game (52%).
  • The is probably not surprising, but Joe Flacco scrambled 0 times in this game.  He did have 2 intended QB runs for short yardage situations.
  • I have a new respect for David Njoku, who played almost all the snaps on offense and contributed a lot in this game.  Then again, I can imagine a lot of teams will have their starting tight end play a high percentage of plays per game.
  • The Browns operated out of shotgun in 49% of the snaps.  I’m not sure if this was part of the Browns overall game plan or if it was for Joe Flacco’s comfort level or a combination of both.
  • There were four plays that were run out of 3 TTRIP, or 3 tight ends on one side.  On two of those plays, Flacco decided to throw to the lone wide receiver opposite of the 3 tight ends, which was Amari Cooper in this case.  It was interesting that they did this twice, but they still ran other plays to keep the offense diversified.
  • I’m sure one of the things that helped the Browns win this game was lack of penalties on offense.  They only had 3.
  • Another thing that probably helped the Browns win was a lack of sacks on the quarterback.  Joe Flacco was only sacked once, which also resulted in a fumble.

For reference, my raw notes are shown below.