The Cleveland Browns’ offense was still a bit shaky against the Dolphins, despite the team’s 31-6 win. It’s difficult to evaluate the entire picture here, though, because of the weather conditions. By that, I mean we didn’t expect or want to see Dillon Gabriel throw the ball 50+ times like he did against the Steelers. We didn’t expect long-lasting drives. What we got were some favorable penalty calls from the officials early on, which Cleveland capitalized on, and then three touchdown runs by Quinshon Judkins. The offense had no turnovers, with 206 yards of offense. No turnovers is a key to this team winning — they’re 2-1 when it happens.
Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on offense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 7 game against the Miami Dolphins.
Quarterback
- Dillon Gabriel faced no where near the pressure he did against the Steelers, even though he was sacked a few times. Cleveland did a good job getting him outside the pocket a few times. He also had one nice pass to Jamari Thrash off of a rollout that was dropped, and another one that Blake Whiteheart fumbled without contact, which prevented a first down. He used his legs a few times. It was the game manager role we should expect of him.
- With that said, Pro Football Focus wasn’t too kind to Gabriel, giving him a grade of a 47.6.
Running Back
- That’s more like it. Cleveland was able to commit to Quinshon Judkins early and often, and going to the wheelhouse enough times paid off. He needs those touches because we’ve seen multiple times that even if he’s stopped for a loss or a short gain on one play, he has the potential to take any run to the house. Judkins also scored two touchdowns from the Wildcat, an interesting red zone wrinkle that worked this week, but might not be the best against better defenses.
- PFF gave Judkins a grade of 74.6, the third-highest on offense for players with more than 10 snaps.
- Jerome Ford did a nice job catching a screen pass in the red zone to set up a touchdown.
Wide Receiver
- There wasn’t much action to be had by the wide receivers. They really weren’t a focal part of the game plan, so I don’t have much to say. Malachi Corley did have a nice catch-and-run off of a middle screen.
Tight End
- With David Njoku out, Blake Whiteheart saw his biggest workload of the season in two tight end sets.
- Harold Fannin led the Browns in receiving, even if it was just 36 yards. The blocking from the Browns’ skill players this week was much improved from last week, though that may be more of a negative on the Dolphins than anything different Cleveland did.
Offensive Line
- With Jack Conklin out to injury, the Browns opted to rotate KT Leveston and Cornelius Lucas at right tackle. It worked...
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