Newsletter: "What We're Hearing" Post-Minicamp (Offense)

Insights into where the roster and schemes on offense stand after summer work.

BEREA, OHIO - JUNE 04: Quinshon Judkins #10 of the Cleveland Browns runs a drill during Cleveland Browns OTA offseason workouts at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on June 04, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

The most important parts of the Browns’ Summer have come and gone and with those OTA and minicamp sessions finished there have been some takeaways from them and some insight into what the organization feels is the best pathway forward in a tricky transition-type season we have in 2025.

I have been able to gather some opinions from folks who have a pulse on things and from those discussions create some insights that can be shared with you based on banter. Obviously everything is not shared directly and it takes some simple dot connection to provide the bigger takeaways.

Let’s dig into what I have learned about the offense from the summer sessions.

• The offense does look and feel more like what Kevin Stefanski has traditionally run when calling plays. Working away from hyper-focused to one specific player and away from a passive RPO heavy appraoch. They will seek diversity in both phases. The return of wide zone was noted, as discussed by Duce Staley, but they have also evolved beyond that.

BEREA, OHIO - JUNE 12: Quarterbacks Kenny Pickett #8 Joe Flacco #15 Shedeur Sanders #12 Dillon Gabriel #5 of the Cleveland Browns warm up before organized team activities at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on June 12, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)