The Cleveland Browns and head coach Kevin Stefanski have come under fire after he went for a 4th down conversion on the opening possession of the game against the Atlanta Falcons and failed. However, the offense does not look too opposed to continuing to take those chances. Especially tight end David Njoku.
“We’re an aggressive offense. Stuff like that excites me. We’re not afraid to put it all on the line.”
All in all, the Browns have been the sixth-best team on 4th down conversions in 2022, and are 7-of-13 inside opponent’s redzones on attempts over the last two. On the six they did not surrender, they have given up just 10 total points defensively.
CLE is 7/13 on 4th down inside opp RZ (non blowouts) last 2 yrs. All 7 turned into TDs. +0.62 EPA per 4th att
When they've failed opp drive results:
1 TD, 1 FG, 4 3 & out. So only 10 pts back the other way on 6 missed 4th downs & avg field position when CLE got ball back-own 39— Clevta (@Clevta) October 3, 2022
This process-driven team is getting results by going for it on 4th down and are not going to slow down their aggressiveness any time soon. It is time to get used to it as we are four games in to the Stefanski era.
