The Cleveland Browns defense fancied itself as one of the NFL’s better units heading into the 2022 regular season.
But five games into the campaign it has mostly been hard times on that side of the ball.
Early in the season, it was communication issues in the secondary that led to long touchdown receptions in the Week 2 loss to the New York Jets and the narrow Week 1 victory against the Carolina Panthers. After much talk and reflection, the secondary figured out how to communicate more effectively and the coverage breakdowns stopped being a weekly thing.